Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Declaration
MOSOP's founding charter demanded environmental protection, self-determination and autonomy for the Ogoni within Nigeria.
Significance here: The founding political document of the Ogoni self-government movement.
· Other
The Nigerian government executed Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues after a trial widely condemned internationally.
Significance here: The defining tragedy of the Ogoni movement's history and a major international human-rights episode.
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