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16th Anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s killing

16th Anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s killing

On November 10th in 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria, RLA 1994) was killed together with eight other Ogoni leaders.

On the 16th anniversary of his hanging, people around the world commemorated the Ogoni 9. Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria, RLA 2010) demanded that “those who have orchestrated the murder of people for the sake of profits should be held to account.”

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