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The Execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists were executed by the Nigerian military regime. They'd been campaigning against oil pollution in the Niger Delta.
In 1995, the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists were executed by the Nigerian military regime. They'd been campaigning against oil pollution in their native Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta. Their deaths led to Nigeria's expulsion from the Commonwealth. Ledum Mitee was a fellow campaigner who was spared execution.
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