Nigeria

Since the death of Gen. Abacha in June 1998, the human rights situation in Nigeria has improved considerably. Democracy has returned to the country, and with it the revocation of military decrees that provided for arbitrary detention and unfair trials. Political prisoners have been released, and executions have decreased - though they still continue. Prison conditions remain extremely poor, inter-ethnic violence has lead to many deaths, and corruption continues to be a large problem. The links in this page will lead you to reports and other information that further expound on the human rights situation in Nigeria

Actions | NGOs | Reports | UN | News | Government & Law | Saro Wiwa | Links

Actions

• Actions from the World Organization Against Torture on Nigeria

Organizations

• Constitutional Rights Project
• Kudirat Institute for Nigerian Democracy (KIND)
• Nigerian Center for Gender, Health and Human Rights
• Nigerian Coalition on International Criminal Court
• Human Rights Organizations working in Nigeria.
• African HR Organizations

Reports & Articles

• US State Department Human Rights Reports
  2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996
• US State Deparment Reports on Religious Freedom
  2000 - 1999
• Amnesty International Reports
• Human Rights Watch Reports
• Refugee Information
• Report on the Human Rights Retreat
  The Human Rights Law Service, March 1999
• Assassins in Foreign Lands
  A CorpWatch Radio™ Interview with Human Rights Activist Oronto Douglas
• Freedom of Expression in Nigeria - PEN
• Minorities at Risk
• Nigeria Newsletters
  on the plight of Nigerian prostitutes in Europe
• "Truth"-Without-Justice-and-Reconciliation: A Study of the Passivity of the Nigerian Government to the Confession of "Abacha Boys" to State Terrorism
  1999 article - PDF

UN

• On the Record: UN Human Rights Activities
  2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
  
  
• Documents from the UN Human Rights System on Nigeria
  Treaty Body Documents | Charter Body Documents

News

• Abuja Mirror - weekly
• Daily Champion
• The Guardian - Daily
• Humanitarian News - IRIN
• News Analysis by Reuben Abati
• Newswatch - magazine
• The Nigerian Drum Messenger
• Nigeria Media Monitor - updates on the situation of the media in Nigeria
• Nigeria News - African news online
• Nigeria News - One World Online
• Post Express Wired
• Nigeria News Network
• Today - weekley
• Vanguard
• Washington Post: Nigeria

Government, Politics & Law

• Constitution
• Government Authorities
• Government Structure
• Nigerian Law
• Obasanjo campaign page

Saro Wiwa

• Ken Saro Wiwa overview
• Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Fund
• Info On Nigeria and Ken Saro-Wiwa
  by the Asociation of Concerned African Scholars
• Ken Saro-Wiwa Campaign
  by Earthlife Africa
• Saro Wiwa Page
  Niger Delta Congress

Links

• 419 Coalition
  Fights the "Nigerian Fax/e-mail Scam"
• Association of Nigerian Scholars for Dialogue.
• Campaign Against Traffic of Women in Nigeria
  Advocacy Net
• Ethnologue Nigeria
• Fact-sheet on Ogoni people
  by Earthlife Africa.
• The Free Nigeria Movement
• Human Rights & the Environment in Nigeria - Sierra club
• Human Rights Links on Nigeria - about.com
• INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Nigeria
• Nigeria Web - portal
• Nigeria Motherland - general info
• Niger Delta Congress
• Shell in Nigeria - Project Underground
• Human Rights in Africa
  Links to websites that include human rights information on various Middle Eastern Countries
• Human Rights Around the World
  Links to reports & sites with info on many countries

Español

• Acciones de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura

Human Rights in Africa