Word: wiwa
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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...industry, which accounts for 80 percent of Nigeria's export income, has crumbled under pro-democracy movements such as the one led by Saro-Wiwa and his minority Ogonis, who say their oil-rich southern lands have been destroyed by the industry...
...author and human rights advocate, Saro-Wiwa is a leader in the movement to protect the rights and interests of the Ogoni people, a minority group in Nigeria...
Since 1990, Saro-Wiwa has led the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, (MOSOP...
...days after the memo was sent, Saro-Wiwa was arrested...
...October 31, Saro-Wiwa was sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in a group of murders, a charge that Amnesty International calls unfounded...