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From 1993 to 1995, he focused his attention on forcing Shell to pay the Ogoni people compensation for the pollution they caused and their negligence of Ogoni Society. He decried abuses in political power and blamed Shell for abetting an oppressive Nigerian regime, including supplying them with arms...
...Saro-Wiwa was tried by "special tribunal"--by all accounts a sham of justice where most of the witnesses were paid to testify falsely--and hanged for murder. The trial drew heavy international criticism and was widely viewed as an attempt by the Nigerian government, at the request of Shell, to eliminate one of the most prominent activists fighting for social and economic justice...
...others claim that while he never ordered murders, he is still responsible for fanning the flames of frustration in the hearts of the Ogoni with his words and actions. Undoubtedly, Saro-Wiwa mobilized the Ogoni to counter the gross injustice of their situation. He believed in the accountability of Shell to Ogoni, who's land was being exploited; and he believed they should be compensated for their loss...
...pursuit of justice continues to this day, and even into our own society. Dr. Owens Wiwa filed a civil suit in the United States of America shortly after his brother's execution in 1995. Wiwa accuses Shell of effecting a holocaust against his people, alleging that they are guilty of summary execution, crimes against humanity, torture, arbitrary arrest and detention, violations of the rights to life, liberty, security of person, and peaceful assembly, wrongful death, assault and battery, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress and conspiracy...
...John Cougar Mellancamp's "Wild Night" [featuring Me'shell Ndegeocello]. Does it really need an explanation...