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Suggested recommendations to the 16 States in the fourth round of ...
1 December 2008

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various states about ending torture, arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, for ...

Document       IOR 41/046/2008

The Wire, December 2008: Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...
1 December 2008

1) Yours to enjoy, yours to protect 2) Fire up! 3) Small places 4) Honduras: Fears of impunity after convicted police officers escape 5) Livewire: En route to Chile ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/009/2008

Nigeria: Release Patrick Okoroafor Now! [Death penalty postcard]
1 December 2008

Nigeria: Release Patrick Okoroafor Now! [Death penalty postcard]

Document       AFR 44/025/2008

Nigeria: Amnesty International disclaimer
24 November 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 44/026/2008. 24 November 2008. Nigeria: Amnesty International disclaimer. It has ...

Document       AFR 44/026/2008

Testimonies from Judges and Prosecutors on the Death Penalty ...
1 November 2008

On 21 October 2008, four judges and prosecutors from Japan, Jordan, Nigeria and the USA, who have participated in death penalty cases, gave their personal accounts ...

Report       ACT 50/018/2008

Nigeria: 'Waiting for the hangman'
21 October 2008

More than 720 men and 11 women are under sentence of death in Nigeria’s prisons. They have one thing in common, beyond not knowing when they will be put to death ...

Report       AFR 44/020/2008

Nigeria: 'Waiting for the Hangman' : Summary
21 October 2008

This is a summary of the more detailed report at AFR 44/020/2008, issued by Amnesty International and the Nigerian NGO Legal defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP ...

Report       AFR 44/021/2008

Poverty and the death penalty in Nigeria | Amnesty International
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 ...

Report Abstract      

Worldwide Appeals: October 2008
1 October 2008

1) Japan: Forty years on death row 2) Nigeria: Indefinite detention 3) Saudi Arabia: Executions and floggings may be imminent 4) Turkey: Activist in police shooting ...

Document       NWS 22/002/2008

Nigeria: Incommunicado Detention/ fear of torture or ill-treatment ...
5 September 2008

Samuel George, a Nigerian national who had been acting as a translator and guide for a US filmmaker, is being held incommunicado without charge by the States Security ...

Urgent Action       AFR 44/019/2008