Nigeria: 1) Copy of Decrees 21 and 22. 2) Information on the enforcement of these decrees during the student unrest of May 1989 and on the penalties incurred thereby. 3) Information on the appeal process open to person convicted of Decrees 21 and 22 offenses
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NGA7120 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: 1) Copy of Decrees 21 and 22. 2) Information on the enforcement of these decrees during the student unrest of May 1989 and on the penalties incurred thereby. 3) Information on the appeal process open to person convicted of Decrees 21 and 22 offenses, 1 November 1990, NGA7120, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aba0a4.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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1) Copy of Decrees 21 and 22 are currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa. For an explanation of these Decrees please find the attached Information Request no. 2637.
2) Following the violent demonstration of May 1989 against the adjustment program imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Nigerian police forces proceeded to arrest around 1,500 people (Smith, Libération, 29 May 1989.; «Nigéria», Libération, 3-4 June 1989.).
Specific information on the enforcement of decrees 21 and 22 during the student unrest and on the penalties incurred thereby is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
3) Information on the appeal process open to person convicted of Decrees 21 and 22 offenses are currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
Bibliography
Smith, Stephen, «La police du Nigéria en état d'alerte», Libération, 29 May 1989.
«Nigéria : arrestations», Libération, 3-4 June 1989.