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Nigeria: The Speech Saro-Wiwa Wasn't Allowed to Read Before His Execution
Premium Times, 11 November 2020
Mr Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders were tried by a secret military tribunal and executed by hanging on November 10, 1995 Read more »
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Nigeria: 25 Years After, Ogoni Leaders Call for Exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa
Premium Times, 10 November 2020
Mr Saro-Wiwa and the others were hanged on November 10, 1995, despite the intervention by the international community Read more »
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Nigeria: Ken Saro-Wiwa - 'Their Only Crime Was Peacefully Pursuing Human Rights for Ogoni People'
Vanguard, 10 November 2020
In marking 25 years since the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, daughter of the renowned environmental activist, Noo Saro-Wiwa took to Facebook to pay tribute and talk about how her father… Read more »
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Nigeria: No Oil Exploration in Ogoni, Until Saro-Wiwa, Others Are Exonerated - MOSOP Vows
Vanguard, 9 November 2020
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has vowed that it would not allow oil exploration in to resume in Ogoniland until the Federal Government exonerates Late… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ogoni 9 Activists Remembered 25 Years On
DW, 9 November 2020
On November 10, 1995, nine Nigerian environmental activists accused of murder were executed by Sani Abacha's military regime. Their deaths sparked an international outcry that… Read more »
25 Years Later, Still No Justice for Nigeria’s 9 Ogoni Activists
On November 10, 1995, nine Nigerian environmental activists accused of murder, were executed by former military ruler Sani Abacha. Their deaths sparked an international outcry that lingers to this day. The men executed, were a group that became known as the "Ogoni Nine" - activists that included writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. They were protesting against Shell's exploitation of the Niger Delta. The nine were arrested and executed, after a trial that was widely seen as flawed. The Ogoni widows sued Shell for its alleged role in the unlawful arrest, detention, and execution of their husbands, for opposing the oil giant and the military government. Shell denied the allegations.
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The British files, released under the country's declassification rules, shows that UK officials sought a navy-backed oil embargo against Nigeria, following the 1995 execution of writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of Nigeria's Ogoni community. The activists led protests against the pollution of Ogoni land and this was seen as a threat to the regime of Sani Abacha, former military ruler, and Shell,
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A District Court in The Hague has issued an interim ruling in favour of wives of Ogoni leaders killed in 1995 during the Sani Abacha era. The women - Esther Kiobel, Victoria Bera, Blessing Eawo and Charity Levula - sued Shell for its alleged role in the unlawful arrest, detention and execution of their husbands for opposing the oil giant and the military government. Shell denies the allegation.
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Esther Kiobel is among four women who accuse the oil giant of being complicit in the hanging of their husbands by Nigeria's military in 1995. The leaders of the oil-rich Ogoni land were executed for opposing Shell and the military government. Shell denies the allegation. Their executions caused global outrage, and led to Nigeria's suspension from the Commonwealth for more than three years.
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Polluted water in Ogoniland: The oil industry has been key to the economy for more than 50 years, but Nigerians have paid a high price (file photo).
