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1995: Execution of nine Nigerian environmentalists and human rights activists

10 November 2021 All day

On this day in 1995, writer and human rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed in Nigeria despite worldwide pleas for clemency. The country’s military rulers ordered the execution of Mr Saro-Wiwa and eight other dissidents.

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