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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 ...

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Men arrested in Niger Delta region of Nigeria feared tortured and ...
17 April 2009

Four men arrested in recent days in the Niger Delta region of Nigeriahave apparently been forcibly disappeared by police, leading to fearsthat they may have been ...

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Nigeria: Police ‘disappear’ four in Port Harcourt | Amnesty ...
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 ...

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Nigeria: ‘Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2008’ ...
6 March 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEMORANDUM. AI Index: AFR 44/007/2009. 6 March 2009. 6 February 2009. Nigeria: ‘Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition ...

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Nigerian states urged not to execute | Amnesty International
24 February 2009

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

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Nigeria: Amnesty International and civil society groups call on ...
20 February 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 44/004/2009. 20 February 2009. Nigeria: Amnesty International and civil society ...

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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

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Nigeria's proposed ban on same-sex partnerships an assault on ...
28 January 2009

A bill now before the Nigerian National Assembly aims to outlawmarriages between individuals of the same sex – in a country wherehomosexuality is already cri.

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UN Resolution on Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty: Call ...
12 December 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: AFR 44/028/2008. 12 December 2008. UN Resolution on moratorium on the use of the ...

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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.

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