Angelina Jolie
Actress Angelina Jolie arrives, wearing a Elie Saab gown, at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. Reuters

Angelina Jolie, award-winning actress and international human rights activist condemns the kidnappings of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls three weeks ago and exclaimed that this is unthinkable cruelty. The mother of six added her voice to the worldwide outrage over the bone-chilling crime. President Obama himself already pledged to do everything in his power to save these kidnapped children.

"The kidnapping of these young Nigerian girls is an unthinkable cruelty," said the Oscar-winning Angelina Jolie in a press conference in Paris, adding, "Sadly, of course, there is real evil in the world. You watch the news and you see all of the people suffering and so much cruelty."

Angelina's comments came only a day after the leader of the Nigerian Islamic Group released a scary video claiming its responsibility for kidnapping the girls and detailing plans of selling the girls as slaves.

"They are slaves and I will sell them because I have the market to sell them," Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, which translates to "Western education is sinful," said in the video. The leader also gave a message to girls saying, "Girls, you should go and get married."

Muslim leaders themselves in various countries have criticized Boko Haram's leader for utilizing Islamic teachings to justify the kidnapping of the girls and planning to sell these girls into slavery.

Other countries criticized Nigeria's government for being too slow in responding to the crisis. British, French, Chinese, as well as other governments promised to send teams of experts to complement US efforts and Nigerian efforts to locate the girls.

Aside from Angelina Jolie, other celebrities have also expressed their outrage. More than 20 stars have pledged their support behind a Change.org petition calling for worldwide attention to the schoolgirls kidnapping as well as calling the Nigerian government to offer better protection to its nation's girls and women in schools.

Nigerian schoolgirl Ify E., who is currently studying abroad in Germany, was the one who started the petition last week. Since then, it had already garnered outstanding support from citizens worldwide and celebrities such as Queen Latifah, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Mia Farrow, Minnie Driver, Alyssa Milano and many more.