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Nigeria: UN Considers 'Appropriate Action' to Avert Execution of 54 Nigerian Soldiers
Premium Times, 4 January 2015
The Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary or Summary Executions, Christof Heyns, has stated that "appropriate action including communication to the… Read more »
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Nigeria: UN Intervenes to Save the Fate of 54 Condemned Soldiers
This Day, 5 January 2015
Worried by the overall implication of the possible execution of the 54 soldiers condemned by the Nigerian Army Tribunal, the Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial,… Read more »
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Nigeria: UN Moves to Halt Execution of 54 Nigerian Soldiers On Death Row
Guardian, 4 January 2015
THERE is an indication that the Office of the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary or Summary Executions, Mr. Christof Heyns will take "appropriate action… Read more »
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Nigeria: UN Moves to Stop Execution of 54 Soldiers
Leadership, 5 January 2015
Reprieve may have come the way of the 54 Nigerian soldiers sentenced to death by a military court martial in Abuja as the United Nations (UN) has said it is considering appropriate… Read more »
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Nigeria: 54 Soldiers On Death Row - UN to Intervene to Avert Execution
Vanguard, 5 January 2015
LAGOS -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary or Summary Executions, Mr. Christof Heyns, has said that "appropriate actions, including communication to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ex-General Blasts Nigerian Army for Sentencing 54 Soldiers to Death Over Mutiny
Premium Times, 29 December 2014
A retired army general, Ishola Williams, has condemned the Nigerian Army for imposing the death sentence on 54 soldiers accused of mutiny, saying the soldiers were justified in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Mutiny - Army Sentences 54 Soldiers to Death, Acquits Five
Leadership, 18 December 2014
The Nigerian Army, yesterday sentenced 54 soldiers to death after they were convicted on a two count charge of criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny. Five others were however… Read more »
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Premium Times, 27 December 2014
While holidaying Nigerians make merry with drinks and food for Christmas, 54 Nigerian soldiers sentenced to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram, have endured days without food… Read more »