Nigeria
Free Nigerian prisoner - 18 April 2008
Patrick Okoroafor was just 14 years old when he was arrested in May 1995. Two years later, he was sentenced to death for robbery.Nigeria: Access to lawyers a right for all detainees - 29 February 2008
Amnesty International today wrote to the Nigerian government calling on them to provide Henry Okah and Edward Atatah immediate access to lawyers and their families.Nigeria’s prison system fails its people - 26 February 2008
In Nigeria, sixty five percent of prison inmates have never been convicted of any crime, with some awaiting trial for up to ten years.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 wWorld 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 NigeriaPress 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
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