Nigeria must not let it be used as a tyrant's shield.

Session V The role of civil society and youth organizations in protecting against all forms of discrimination

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

Mahmoud Abu Said said Israeli soldiers used him as a human shield as they hunted his neighbors http t.co jxuayILtYE pic.twitter.com hbogrETZ2k Max Blumenthal ( MaxBlumenthal) August 27, 2014

Defence for Children International Palestine reports the story of 17 year old Ahmad Abu Raida from Khuza'a, who claims to have been used as a human shield.

To that end, specialized, legal and operational, knowledge was required and account should be taken of the specific context in which the operations took place, the security situation that Israelis faced and the illegal use of Palestinian civilians as a human shield.

While the US seeks to use unilateral and unlawful pressure to preclude Iran s legitimate right to peaceful nuclear energy, it has assisted in developing Israel s nuclear capabilities. Indeed, the US has acted as a buffer to insulate Israel whose prime minister has boasted about its nuclear weapons from any international scrutiny, while ignoring calls by Iran and other countries to create a Middle East nuclear free zone.