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The situation in the Niger Delta deteriorated further, with clashes between armed groups and the security forces, inter-communal violence and violent crime including hostage-taking.

Death row prisoners freed in Nigeria - 26 August 2009
One of Nigeria's most influential states has taken an important step towards abolition of the death penalty by pardoning and releasing three condemned prisoners.

Oil companies and the Nigerian government must clean up the oil industry in the Niger Delta - 30 June 2009
Hundreds of thousands of people are affected by oil pollution in the Niger Delta. Particularly the poorest and those who rely on traditional livelihoods such as fishin

Oil industry has brought poverty and pollution to Niger Delta - 30 June 2009
The oil industry in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of people in the oil-producing are

Nigeria: Amnesty International says pollution has created human rights tragedy in the Niger Delta - 30 June 2009
(Abuja) Amnesty International today called the situation in the Niger Delta a “human rights tragedy,” saying that the people of the Niger Delta have seen t

Tens of thousands caught in crossfire in Niger Delta fighting - 21 May 2009
20,000 people who live in Warri South and southwest local government area, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, are caught in cross fire between the Joint Task Forc

Kidnappers face the death penalty in Nigeria's Imo State - 8 May 2009
Under a new bill passed this week, people whose premises are used by a kidnapper to hold someone hostage, would also face the death penalty.

Nigeria: Imo State death penalty decision puts victims at risk - 7 May 2009
Amnesty International today expressed dismay at the decision by the Imo State House of Assembly to pass a bill providing for the death penalty for anyone convicted of

Men arrested in Niger Delta region of Nigeria feared tortured and killed - 17 April 2009
Four men arrested in recent days in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have apparently been forcibly disappeared by police, leading to fears that they may have been t

Nigeria: Police ‘disappear’ four in Port Harcourt - 16 April 2009
Amnesty International today warned that police in the Niger Delta region are increasingly using illegal and violent means to tackle suspected militants and criminals i

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