Nigeria: Govt Must Clear Names of Executed Environmental Activists Ogoni Nine

Nigeria: Govt Must Clear Names of Executed Environmental Activists Ogoni Nine

Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government's brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists - the Ogoni Nine - for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty International is calling for their full exoneration. The anniversary coincides with the start of the UN climate talks (COP 30) in Brazil.

Nigeria: Government must clear names of executed activists Ogoni Nine

Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government’s brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists – the Ogoni Nine – for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty International is calling for their full exoneration. The anniversary coincides with the start of the UN climate talks (COP 30) in Brazil. The Ogoni Nine’s protests in 1995 brought global attention to the devastating cost of the fossil fuel industry on th…

1995 Nigeria hangs human rights activists

The writer and human rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has been executed in Nigeria despite worldwide pleas for clemency. The country’s military rulers ordered the execution of Mr Saro-Wiwa and eight other dissidents should go ahead at 0730 local time (0830 GMT). They were taken in chains to a prison in the southern city of Port […] The post 1995 Nigeria hangs human rights activists appeared first on MACAU DAILY TIMES 澳門每日時報.