Nigeria

Nigeria: Criminal justice system utterly failing Nigerian people; majority of inmates not convicted of any crime - 26 February 2008

(Abuja, Nigeria) Amnesty International today exposed the appalling state of Nigeria’s prison system, saying that Nigeria’s prisons are filled with people w

World misled on executions in Nigeria - 17 December 2007

Secret executions have taken place in Nigeria's prisons, despite recent assurances by the Nigerian government that no one has been executed "in years".

Nigeria: Government misleads world about death penalty record - 17 December 2007

Amnesty International revealed today that secret executions have been taking place in Nigeria’s prisons, despite recent assurances by the government that Nigeria

Press Freedom Day: Global action needed to protect journalists - 3 May 2007

2006 was a year in which killings of reporters and media staff reached historic levels. All of society pays the price when journalists are killed with impunity and cen