More people were executed in Asia than in any other part of the world
in 2008. By contrast, in Europe, only one country continues to use
the death penalty: Belarus.
This song was composed by Botman Oraeku, former death row inmate from Nigeria. Botman was arrested on 3 August 1982, when he was 15 years old, for a crime committed by his brother.
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
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
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
(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