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Nigeria: Ken Saro-Wiwa - Already 20 Years?
Fahamu, 9 November 2015
It is 20 years this week since the murder of internationally renowned writer and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight comrades by the Sani Abacha kleptocracy in Nigeria.… Read more »
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Nigeria: Shell Must Pay Full Cost of Saro-Wiwa's Murder, Polluting Ogoniland, Activists Demand
Premium Times, 11 November 2015
A coalition of civil societies have demanded that Shell be made to pay "the full cost" for the murder of the Ogoni playwright and activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and eight others and the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Remembering Ken Saro Wiwa
Leadership, 11 November 2015
Twenty years ago this November, my brother, Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed for his work to rescue our Ogoni homeland in Nigeria from further destruction at the hands of Royal Dutch… Read more »
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Nigeria: 20 Years After Execution, Supporters Call for Saro-Wiwa's Pardon
This Day, 11 November 2015
Supporters of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of his execution, with the country's main human rights body calling for a posthumous pardon. Read more »
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Nigeria: Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa
Daily Trust, 10 November 2015
Twenty years ago this November, my brother, Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed for his work to rescue our Ogoni homeland in Nigeria from further destruction at the hands of Royal Dutch… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Impounds Saro-Wiwa Memorial Art Bus
Al Jazeera, 10 November 2015
The Nigerian government impounded a bus created as an artistic memorial to commemorate the 20th anniversary since the hanging of environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Read more »
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Nigeria: PDP Pays Tribute to Ogoni As They Mark 20th Anniversary of Saro-Wiwa's Execution
Vanguard, 10 November 2015
If the late environmental rights activist and leader of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, Ken Saro-Wiwa was alive, he would have been 74 years old on October… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Legacy of a Nigerian Human Rights Hero
Al Jazeera, 10 November 2015
Twenty years ago I was privileged to be part of a blossoming pro-democracy movement in Nigeria that was opposing the military government. Read more »