Nigeria

Cruel, discriminatory, unfair and degrading – the death penalty in 2008 - 23 March 2009

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.

Twelve years on death row in Nigeria – Botman’s testimony

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.

Nigerian states urged not to execute - 24 February 2009

Nigeria’s state governments have been urged not to extend the death penalty to include crimes such as kidnapping.

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
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