{"id":10991,"date":"2021-08-31T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/us\/2021\/09\/02\/nigerias-plan-for-mass-executions-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T08:17:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T08:17:47","slug":"nigerias-plan-for-mass-executions-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/us\/2021\/08\/31\/nigerias-plan-for-mass-executions-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s plan for mass executions: Here\u2019s what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rauf Aregbesola, Nigeria\u2019s Minister of the Interior, urged local state governors to address overcrowding in the country\u2019s prisons while the country continues to battle the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His suggested approach was twofold. On the one hand, he called on those governors to release some people on compassionate grounds &#8211; such as people in prison who are old or terminally ill. But, on the other hand, he also asked governors to consider executing people on death row who have exhausted all their appeals \u2013 resulting in possibly thousands of expedited executions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div\n  data-block_612e17c00c585\n  class=\"donate-block alignleft d-flex has-background-image\"\n  style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/cropped-Repriev_Favicon.jpg);\">\n\n  <div class=\"hero__meta\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"hero__label top-label\">3 minutes<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n  <h6>Chip in to help fight for justice<\/h6>\n\n  <form class=\"donate-form-block\" action=\"https:\/\/secure.reprieve.org\/page\/69678\/action\/1\" method=\"GET\">\n          <div class=\"btn-spaced-group donate-buttons\">\n                              <button class=\"btn btn-small\" data-amount=\"25\">$ 25<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"btn btn-small\" data-amount=\"50\">$ 50<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"btn btn-small\" data-amount=\"100\">$ 100<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"btn btn-small\" data-amount=\"250\">$ 250<\/button>\n                                        <div class=\"donate-other-wrap\">\n              <input class=\"donate-other\" name=\"donate-other\" placeholder=\"Other\"><\/input>\n            <\/div>\n            <style>.donate-other-wrap:before { content: '$'; }<\/style>\n                        <\/div>\n\n      <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"transaction.donationAmt\" value=\"\" class=\"donate-amount\">\n    \n    <button class=\"btn btn-primary\">Donate here<\/button>\n  <\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Aregbesola\u2019s announcement was heavily criticised by local human rights groups. It violates international human rights and the African Union moratorium on executions. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation in Nigeria is dire. The authorities should commute death sentences and release vulnerable prisoners instead of considering executions as a viable solution to prison overpopulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thanks to you, Reprieve\u2019s investigators, lawyers and campaigners are fighting to get people off death row around the world. If you can, please chip in to support this vital work.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[1] \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/group-flays-aregbesolas-call-to-govs-to-sign-death-warrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group flays Aregbesola\u2019s call to govs to sign death warrants<\/a>,\u201d <em>Punch<\/em> (July 27, 2021). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[2] \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.achpr.org\/sessions\/resolutions?id=207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">136 Resolution Calling on State Parties to Observe a Moratorium on the Death Penalty<\/a>,\u201d <em>African Commission on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights<\/em> (November 24, 2008).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rauf Aregbesola, Nigeria\u2019s Minister of the Interior, urged local state governors to address overcrowding in the country\u2019s prisons while the country continues to battle the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. [1] His suggested approach was twofold. 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