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The Execution of Ken Saro Wiwa

Steve Kretzman, affiliated with Green Peace, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, in Washington, D.C. reports on the decision of the Nigerian Military Tribunal and Dictator General Abacha, to execute Ken Saro Wiwa, famous author and head of the Movement for the survival of the Ogoni peoples (MOSOP). Oil (military and Shell) accounts for 90% of the Nigerian exports but nothing comes back to the people who remain in poverty, with no schools, no hospitals, etc. Saro Wiwa brought this to light. The Nigerian Military Regime and the Shell Nigeria Oil Company (a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Sh…