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International Campaigns: Nigeria Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni In the morning on November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa - Nigerian poet, writer, and the leader of a minority ethnic group called the Ogoni - was hanged by the Nigerian government for a trumped up crime. His commitment to nonviolent protest of the environmental destruction created by Shell Oil and the Nigerian government brought him and his cause world notoriety. He mobilized tens of thousands in the Niger Delta to stand up against the environmental destruction wrought by Shell's oil drilling. This act of murder on the part of the Nigerian dictatorship will never be forgotten, nor will the role that Shell Oil played in supporting the Abacha dictatorship. Nigeria and Ken Saro-Wiwa in the Sierra Club/Amnesty International report, 10 Urgent Cases of Human Rights Abuses (3000k pdf file) Archived Information on Ken Saro-Wiwa, Shell, and the Ogoni People MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) Nigeria in the News Sierra Club Letters and Press Releases Archives of the Nigeria Listserv Links Sierra Club Books -- Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use