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Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Its mission is to undertake research and action focussed on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International has more than a million members and supporters in over 140 countries and territories. It is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. It is financed largely by subscriptions and donations from its worldwide membership.  Website: www.amnesty.org

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Three killed as Nigerian security forces fire at demonstrators 14 October 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Death row prisoners freed in Nigeria 26 August 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Nigeria: Killings by security forces in Northern Nigeria 31 July 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Nigeria: Amnesty International says pollution has created human rights tragedy in the Niger Delta 30 June 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Kidnappers face the death penalty in Nigeria's Imo State 8 May 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Nigeria: 'Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2008' violates Constitution 6 March 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Nigerian states urged not to execute 24 February 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

African Commission calls for a moratorium on the death penalty 5 December 2008

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News


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