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Wire, January/February 2012. Vol. 42, issue 01
1 January 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Life after eviction: The young women of Njemanze 3) Death from the skies 4) A migrant's journey 5) Stand up for the rights of migrants ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2012

Nigeria urged to halt bill banning same-sex relationships ...
29 November 2011

Nigeria's Senate has passed a draconian bill that threatens basic human rights and criminalizes same-sex relationships.

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Nigeria: Port Harcourt residents: Letter Writing Marathon: Write ...
10 November 2011

More than 200000 people in Port Harcourt, in Nigeria's Rivers State, are at risk of forced eviction from their homes. Urge Nigeria's authorities to stop forced ...

Document       AFR 44/017/2011

Nigeria: The true 'tragedy': Delays and failures in tackling oil ...
10 November 2011

In August and December 2008, two major oil spills disrupted the lives of the 69000 people living in Bodo, Nigeria. Both spills continued for weeks before they were ...

Report       AFR 44/018/2011

Shell must pay US$1 billion in first step to clean up Niger Delta ...
10 November 2011

A new report shows that Shell's failure to promptly stop and clean up oil spills in Bodo has devastated the lives of tens of thousands.

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Nigeria: Oil pollution in the Niger Delta [flyer]
10 November 2011

Widespread oil pollution is devastating the lives of people in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The oil company Shell is the main operator on the ground. A new ...

Document       AFR 44/021/2011

Amnesty International statement to the African Commission on Human ...
7 November 2011

Amnesty International is concerned that across Africa hundreds of thousands of people are forcibly evicted from their homes by the authorities each year. The evictions ...

Public Statement       IOR 63/004/2011

Nigeria: 'Same gender' marriage ban would attack rights: Bill ...
3 November 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. JOINT STATEMENT. 3 November 2011. Index: AFR 44/024/2011. For Immediate Release. Nigeria: 'Same Gender' Marriage ...

Public Statement       AFR 44/024/2011

Nigeria: 'Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill, 2011' violates ...
1 November 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL,. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH & INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. MEMORANDUM. 1 November 2011. Nigeria ...

Document       AFR 44/023/2011

Nigeria: Human rights agenda 2011-2015
14 October 2011

Members of Nigeria's National Assembly, the highest law making body in the country, are uniquely placed to improve Nigeria's national human rights record. This ...

Report       AFR 44/014/2011