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Nigeria: The true 'tragedy': Delays and failures in tackling oil ...
10 November 2011

In August and December 2008, two major oil spills disrupted the lives of the 69000 people living in Bodo, Nigeria. Both spills continued for weeks before they were ...

Report       AFR 44/018/2011

Nigeria: Oil pollution in the Niger Delta [flyer]
10 November 2011

Widespread oil pollution is devastating the lives of people in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The oil company Shell is the main operator on the ground. A new ...

Document       AFR 44/021/2011

Amnesty International statement to the African Commission on Human ...
7 November 2011

Amnesty International is concerned that across Africa hundreds of thousands of people are forcibly evicted from their homes by the authorities each year. The evictions ...

Public Statement       IOR 63/004/2011

Nigeria: 'Same gender' marriage ban would attack rights: Bill ...
3 November 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. JOINT STATEMENT. 3 November 2011. Index: AFR 44/024/2011. For Immediate Release. Nigeria: 'Same Gender' Marriage ...

Public Statement       AFR 44/024/2011

Nigeria: 'Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill, 2011' violates ...
1 November 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL,. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH & INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. MEMORANDUM. 1 November 2011. Nigeria ...

Document       AFR 44/023/2011

Nigeria: Human rights agenda 2011-2015
14 October 2011

Members of Nigeria's National Assembly, the highest law making body in the country, are uniquely placed to improve Nigeria's national human rights record. This ...

Report       AFR 44/014/2011

Stop forced evictions: Protect people living in slums
3 October 2011

More than one billion people live in slums. Governments often forcibly evict people living in slums, driving them further into poverty and into more precarious ...

Document       ACT 35/026/2011

Stand up for human rights and demand an end to forced evictions! ...
3 October 2011

STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMAND AN END TO FORCED EVICTIONS! Lagos, in Nigeria, is home to more than 10 million people. Each ...

Poster       ACT 35/031/2011

Stand up for human rights and demand an end to forced evictions! ...
3 October 2011

Aniedi Bassey, aged 16, sleeps on a wooden table at the 'mile one' open market where he and other street children have lived since they were forcibly evicted ...

Poster       ACT 35/032/2011

Wire, October/November 2011. Vol. 41, issue 05
1 October 2011

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Amnesty archives support case against Haiti's former dictator 3) No help from Europe 4) Police in the Dominican Republic: they kill, ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/005/2011