Along with eight other campaigners, Mr Saro-Wiwa was convicted of murder, then hanged in 1995 by the then-military regime.
Many believed the activists were being punished for leading protests against the operations of oil multinationals, particularly Shell, in Nigeria's Ogoniland. Shell has long denied any involvement in the executions.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmkgn309jdo

#PetroState #ClimateDisaster #Shell #SaroWiwa #Fascism

> Saro-Wiwa’s most lasting legacy came about because of how and why he died, a victim of his success in bringing the Ogoni crisis to the world stage. However, he would never have been able to do that without his previous experiences, which both helped him forge the connections that he utilized later in life and gave him a unique literary voice that enabled him to bring his ideas to a mass global (and local) audience.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/29/the-complex-life-death-of-ken-saro-wiwa/
#KenSaroWiwa #SaroWiwa #NigerianPolitics

> [in 1995]... #KenSaroWiwa and the other members of the Ogoni Nine were hanged in Port Haurcourt, Nigeria. #SaroWiwa was a writer, environmental activist, and outspoken critic of Shell’s destruction of #Ogoniland. He accused #Shell of waging an ecological war against the Ogoni, co-founding the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (#MOSOP) to protect their rights and protest the devastating effects of Shell’s #OilExploitation on their land.
https://humanrightsclinic.law.harvard.edu/remembering-ken-saro-wiwa-the-struggle-continues-in-the-niger-delta/
#OgoniNine