Word: wiwa
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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...weeks ago, the government of Nigeria demonstrated its contempt for justice by hanging Ken Saro-Wiwa, a nominee for the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, and eight other environmental activists. Hoping to silence one of its most eloquent critic, the Nigerian military junta executed Saro-Wiwa after a widely-condemned show trial for his alleged role in the deaths of four tribal chiefs killed during a riot. Harvard should divest itself of interests in companies that continue to do business in Nigeria despite its oppressive regime...
...Wiwa was hardly a violent threat to the state of Nigeria, but his criticism of oil companies endangered the cash flow to the ruling junta. He had actively campaigned against the environmental destruction on his tribal land caused by Shell Oil Company. As a result of Saro-Wiwa's efforts, Shell ended oil mining in the author's homeland, much to the dismay of the military junta...
...addition to being a vocal environmentalist, Saro-Wiwa was an accomplished poet, playwright, publisher and father of four. As a young person, Saro-Wiwa experienced and wrote about the horror of Nigeria's civil wars and tribal conflicts, leading him to advocate nonviolent protest against the military junta...
...Nigerian government ignored the worldwide pleas for clemency and protests against Saro-Wiwa's unjust conviction. After the execution, the military junta dismissed the outrage expressed by South African President Nelson Mandela, President Clinton and British Prime Minister John Major...
...military government of Nigeria hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa, a prominent author and critic of the regime, along with eight others who had been accused with him of involvement in the murder of four pro-government leaders last year. Saro-Wiwa maintained his innocence to the end; his supporters say he and his co-defendants were framed. After the executions, the U.S. and several other countries withdrew their ambassadors, and the Commonwealth nations of Britain and its former colonies, meeting in New Zealand, suspended Nigeria...