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Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial video
By: Caitlin Clay
Posted: May 14 09
Witnessed: 1657 times
Regions: Nigeria
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Crimes against humanity, Environment
Tags: alien tort, corporate accountability, corporation, gas flaring, mosop, niger delta, Ogoni, oil, saro-wiwa, shell
This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses
Courtesy of PEN USA on http://www.livevideo.com/video/casagiallo/08FF1D90E6E34F1BAD5B57F07DDA11...
Memorial video commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the death of writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, commissioned by PEN USA. Saro-Wiwa created MOSOP, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, to fight against Shell Oil and the Nigerian military dictatorship exploiting the natural resources of the Niger Delta.
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