Nigeria

Nigeria: Government to be quizzed on human rights record at UN - 3 February 2009

As the Nigerian government prepares to be quizzed over its human rights record by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Amnesty International called on the government

Nigeria's proposed ban on same-sex partnerships an assault on human rights - 28 January 2009

A bill now before the Nigerian National Assembly aims to outlaw marriages between individuals of the same sex – in a country where homosexuality is already cri

Human Rights Defender in Nigeria: Patrick Barigbalo Naagbanton - 9 December 2008

Patrick Barigbalo Naagbanton is the coordinator for the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development.

Poverty and the death penalty in Nigeria - 21 October 2008

Hundreds of people on death row did not have a fair trial and may be innocent. Amnesty International's new report calls for an immediate moratorium on the death penalt

Nigeria: “Waiting for the hangman” - 21 October 2008

(Abuja) Amnesty International today said that hundreds of those awaiting execution on Nigeria’s death rows did not have a fair trial and may therefore be innocen

Free Nigerian prisoner - 18 April 2008

Patrick Okoroafor was just 14 years old when he was arrested in May 1995. Two years later, he was sentenced to death for robbery.

Nigeria: Access to lawyers a right for all detainees - 29 February 2008

Amnesty International today wrote to the Nigerian government calling on them to provide Henry Okah and Edward Atatah immediate access to lawyers and their families.

Nigeria’s prison system fails its people - 26 February 2008

In Nigeria, sixty five percent of prison inmates have never been convicted of any crime, with some awaiting trial for up to ten years.
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