http://dejiridoo.com/blog1 Reviews of stories about human rights. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:04:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://dejiridoo.com/blog1/pen-world-voices/saro-wiwa/comment-page-1/#comment-8588 FictionThatMatters.org » Oil with your popcorn?, a film review Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:57:15 +0000 http://dejiridoo.com/blog1/pen-world-voices/saro-wiwa/#comment-8588 [...] Both Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron-Texaco have been accused of being the greatest offenders. Writer, activist, and businessman Ken-Saro Wiwa was executed in 1995 for his involvement in protecting the homeland of the Ogoni people against corporate abuse. Evidence strongly suggests that Shell at least tacitly approved of the repression of Saro-Wiwa’s protest movement, and possibly even his execution. His cause is being championed by his son, Ken Wiwa, and a host of human rights groups. (For more background, visit my earlier post here.) [...] [...] Both Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron-Texaco have been accused of being the greatest offenders. Writer, activist, and businessman Ken-Saro Wiwa was executed in 1995 for his involvement in protecting the homeland of the Ogoni people against corporate abuse. Evidence strongly suggests that Shell at least tacitly approved of the repression of Saro-Wiwa’s protest movement, and possibly even his execution. His cause is being championed by his son, Ken Wiwa, and a host of human rights groups. (For more background, visit my earlier post here.) [...]

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