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Ogoni execution articles from NATIVE-L

The following articles from the NATIVE-L archives provide some historical perspective on the struggles of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his fellow Ogoni activists in their attempts to confront the military government of Nigeria. Please note that the URLs for these articles are subject to change - so please create a link to this page rather than to individual articles if you want to refer to these informational resources in another Web page.

• 22 Jan 93 Shell wages ecological war on Ogoni Nation
• 7 Feb 93 HUMAN RIGHTS: Unrepresented peoples' forum 'coming of age'
• 1 Jul 93 Ogoni Demonstrate - Army Cracks Down
• 3 Jul 93 Ogoni Leader focus for Amnesty International.
• 5 Jul 93 Ogoni Review - June 1993
• 5 Jul 93 Ogoni - A Destroyed Paradise
• 5 Jul 93 Amnesty International Appeals
• 5 Jul 93 Saro-Wiwa calls for withdrawal of soldiers
• 5 Jul 93 Nobel peace laureates plead for Ogoni
• 5 Jul 93 Ethnic Minority Rights Orgs. of Africa
• 13 Jul 93 Saro-Wiwa press conference 24 May 93
• 15 Jul 93 Saro-Wiwa denied food, more arrests
• 15 Jul 93 Saro-Wiwa protests prison starvation
• 14 Jul 93 Saro-Wiwa charged - bail refused
• 20 Jul 93 Saro-Wiwa falls unconscious after Interrogation
• 11 Aug 93 Amnesty International on Ogoni arrests
• 19 Jan 95 Greenpeace appeals to Shell to intervene
• 17 Feb 95 chilling Chiapas-Nigeria parallels
• 1 Nov 95 Urgent: Death Sentence for Ken Saro-Wiwa
• 4 Nov 95 _Globe & Mail_ editorial re Saro-Wiwa
• 6 Nov 95 Friends of the Earth - ACTION ALERT
• 6 Nov 95 background & update, link with Chiapas
• 8 Nov 95 Urgent!! Ken Saro-Wiwa Execution Imminent
• 10 Nov 95 White House Condemns Nigerian Death Sentence
• 10 Nov 95 Ken Saro-Wiwa executed
• 11 Nov 95 post-execution protest recommendations
• 14 Nov 95 sanctions adopted following hangings
• 14 Nov 95 Nigeria suspended from Commonwealth
• 14 Nov 95 Many Still in Danger in Nigeria
• 15 Nov 95 Saro-Wiwa and other activists' hangings
• 16 Nov 95 Nov 17/18 Ken Saro-Wiwa memorial
• 20 Nov 95 Ken Saro-Wiwa's Final Statement to Military Tribunal
• 24 Nov 95 Shell and Nigeria (Nyungah Circle of Elders)
• 26 Nov 95 more protest recommendations
• 2 Dec 95 December action alert
• 16 Dec 95 Shell boycott on Vancouver Island

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