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Execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Nine, 1995
The Nigerian government executed Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues after a trial widely condemned internationally.
What happened
On 10 November 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues were executed following a trial international observers, including the British Prime Minister, condemned as unjust.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: In 1994, MOSOP and its founder Ken Saro-Wiwa received the Right Livelihood Award for their non-violent advocacy for Ogoni civil, economic and environmental rights. On 10 November 1995, following a trial that international observers, including then-British Prime Minister John Major, condemned as unjust — Major describing it as "judicial murder" — Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues (the "Ogoni Nine") were executed by the Nigerian government. This bundle presents the trial's international criticism as an attributed characterization and does not narrate the specific legal proceedings in detail.
- Ken Saro-Wiwa / Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Right Livelihood Foundation) link, Award and execution sections. Advocacy organisation perspective Source record