<P> In southern Nigeria, especially in areas with Christian majorities, many rights are denied to Muslims as well as other religious minorities . Some educational institutions have banned the use of the hijab, which violates the right of Muslim women to practice their religion . Some state governments in the South have also denied many requests for land grants to build mosques or Islamic schools . </P> <P> Throughout Nigeria, religious minorities are systematically restricted from building places of worship and schools through the denial of land grants . Members of minority religious groups are often attacked during riots and religious conflicts . </P> <P> According to the U.S. Department of State, </P> <P> The most serious human rights problems during...(2011) were the abuses committed by the militant sect known as Boko Haram, which was responsible for killings, bombings, and other attacks throughout the country, resulting in numerous deaths, injuries, and the widespread destruction of property; abuses committed by the security services with impunity, including killings, beatings, arbitrary detention, and destruction of property; and societal violence, including ethnic, regional, and religious violence . Other serious human rights problems included sporadic abridgement of citizens' right to change their government, due to some election fraud and other irregularities; politically motivated and extrajudicial killings by security forces, including summary executions; security force torture, rape, and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of prisoners, detainees, and criminal suspects; harsh and life - threatening prison and detention center conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention; prolonged pretrial detention; denial of fair public trial; executive influence on the judiciary and judicial corruption; infringements on citizens' privacy rights; restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and movement; official corruption; violence and discrimination against women; child abuse; female genital mutilation ...; the killing of children suspected of witchcraft; child sexual exploitation; ethnic, regional, and religious discrimination; trafficking in persons for the purpose of prostitution and forced labor; discrimination against persons with disabilities; discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; vigilante killings; forced and bonded labor; and child labor . </P>

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