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The Execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa

In November 1995, Nigeria's military government provoked international outrage when it executed the writer, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and eight other activists from Ogoniland in the oil rich Niger Delta.

(Photo: Ken Saro Wiwa at a rally in Ogoniland. Credit: Greenpeace)

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