Bildkollektion

NIGERIA-OIL-RIGHTS

The president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ledum Mitee, who was jailed along with slain activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by late General Sani Abacha, reflects on his prison experience on November 8, 2010 in Bane, Khana district, in Rivers State ahead of the 15th anniversary of Saro-Wiwa execution. The Ogoni people under the auspices of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) will on November 10 mark the 15th anniversary of the Ogoni Martyrs, especially Saro-Wiwa, founder and leader of MOSOP, who were executed in 1995 for their non-violent campaign against environmental degradation of Ogoni land by Shell oil. Community unrest sparked by poverty and pollution from oil production forced Shell to halt its activities in Ogoniland, a hotbed of civil unrest in the oil- and gas-rich Niger Delta in 1993. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)

NIGERIA-OIL-RIGHTS

The president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ledum Mitee, who was jailed along with slain activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by late General Sani Abacha, reflects on his prison experience in Bane, Khana district, in Rivers State ahead of the 15th anniversary of Saro-Wiwa execution. The Ogoni people under the auspices of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) will on November 10 mark the 15th anniversary of the Ogoni Martyrs, especially Saro-Wiwa, founder and leader of MOSOP, who were executed in 1995 for their non-violent campaign against environmental degradation of Ogoni land by Shell oil. Community unrest sparked by poverty and pollution from oil production forced Shell to halt its activities in Ogoniland, a hotbed of civil unrest in the oil- and gas-rich Niger Delta in 1993. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)

NIGERIA SARO WIWA ANNIVERSARY

A portrait of late human right activist Ken Saro Wiwa seen at the office of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005. Nine human rights and environmental activists including Sao Wiwa were hanged by the Nigerian dictatorship on Nov. 10, 1995. The new face of the struggle of the Niger Delta is no longer the pipe-smoking Saro-Wiwa, but Moujahid Dokubo-Asari of the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force, whose threat to wage war on the government and oil companies last year helped drive oil prices past US$50 for the first time. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba)

NIGERIA-OIL-COMMONWEALTH-OGONI

A poster showing late Ogoni human rights activists Ken Saro-Wiwa hangs 19 November, 2003 at his father's sitting room at Bane town in Niger Delta. Jim Wiwa, father of late Ken Saro-Wiwa is worried about the future of Ogoni people in Niger Delta after the death of his son. "Government is not prepared to give Ogoni anything. Ken did nothing, he was killed by the government for fighting for the peoples' rights". Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed 10 November, 1995 by late military dictator Sani Abacha for his agitation against environmental degradation of Ogoni land by Shell, which led to Nigeria's suspension by the Commonwealth in 1995. AFP PHOTO (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)

KENIA WELTSOZIALFORUM

A participant dances while holding a placard saying "Shell, remember Saro-Wiwa", a Nigerian activist sentenced to death, at the closing ceremonies of the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday, 24 January, 2007. The forum ended today with a marathon through the streets of Nairobi to the site of the closing ceremonies. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON

INDIEN OEL SHELL PROTEST

Human rights activists stage a mock hanging near a Shell Oil office in Bombay Monday, November 10, 1997, in memory of the second anniversary of the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian environmentalist and human rights activist. Ken Saro-Wiwa had spearheaded a peaceful campaign to protest environmental destruction and human rights violation in Nigeria. Ken and eight other activists were hanged on November 10, 1995 by the Nigerian military. Shell Oil are major investors in Nigerian oil. (AP Photo/Sherwin Crasto)

Gillan Murphy, left, checks on Dan Rudie who hung himself in a mock execution from a Shell Service Station sign, in protest with human rights groups, Wednesday Nov. 8, 1995 in San Francisco. Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network demonstrated to protest the impending execution of Nigerian environmental leader Ken Saro-Wiwa. Shell Oil is the target of the demonstration because Saro-Wiwa was sentenced to death after protesting in 1994 the degradation of Nigerian lands by Royal Dutch Shell Company.(AP Photo/Lacy Atkins)

NIGERIAN PROTEST

Members of the International Roundtable on Nigerian Amnesty gather outside the Nigerian Embassy in Washignton Friday Nov. 17, 1995 during a "memorial service" in response to the hangings of author Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Nigerian activists last week. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

NIGERIA SARO WIWA

FILE- In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005 file photo, protesters march to remember the anniversary of a military junta's execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa at the city of Port Harcourt. Twenty years after a Nigerian military regime hanged activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, his Niger Delta homeland remains blighted by oil pollution. Thousands of lives have been wrecked, according to Amnesty International, saying oil slicks killed the fish, earth crusted with crude grows stunted crops and lungs are polluted from oil flaring. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba File)

NIGERIA SARO WIWA

FILE- In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, file photo, protesters march to remember the anniversary of a military junta's execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa at the city of Port Harcourt. Twenty years after a Nigerian military regime hanged activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, his Niger Delta homeland remains blighted by oil pollution. Thousands of lives have been wrecked, according to Amnesty International, saying oil slicks killed the fish, earth crusted with crude grows stunted crops and lungs are polluted from oil flaring. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba File)

NIGERIA-ACTIVISTS PARDON

FILE - Ben Wulloo Ikari, right, a member of Nigeria's Ogoni community, leads a rally to raise awareness of the upcoming New York trial of the Royal Dutch Shell oil company charged with complicity in the death of countryman Ken Saro-Wiwa and human rights abuses in Nigeria, New York, Wednesday May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

NIGERIA-ACTIVISTS PARDON

FILE - Protesters march to remember the 10th anniversary of a military junta's execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa at the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

NIGERIA-UNREST-OIL-SAROWIWA

Ogoni indigenes carrying a poster of Ken Saro-Wiwa march on the Port Harcourt highway 10 November 2005. Hundreds of Ogoni indigenes marched on a Port Harcourt highway in remembrance of late civil rights activist and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa that was executed on November 10, 1995 by military dictator General Sani Abacha for spear-heading the struggle against environmental degradation of Ogoniland by Shell oil. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)

NIGERIA-UNREST-OIL-SAROWIWA

An Ogoni motorcyclyst carries a man holding poster of Ken Saro-Wiwa during a rally on the Port Harcourt highway 10 November 2005. Hundreds of Ogoni indigenes marched on a Port Harcourt highway in remembrance of late civil rights activist and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa that was executed on November 10, 1995 by military dictator General Sani Abacha for spear-heading the struggle against environmental degradation of Ogoniland by Shell oil. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)

NIGERIA-UNREST-OIL-SAROWIWA

Ogoni women chanting prayers for late Ken Saro-Wiwa march on the Port Harcourt highway 10 November 2005. Hundreds of Ogoni indigenes marched on a Port Harcourt highway in remembrance of late civil rights activist and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa that was executed on November 10, 1995 by military dictator General Sani Abacha for spear-heading the struggle against environmental degradation of Ogoniland by Shell oil. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)

NIGERIA-UNREST-OIL-SAROWIWA

Dozens of Ogoni indigenes chanting prayers for late Ken Saro-Wiwa march on the Port Harcourt highway 10 November 2005. Hundreds of Ogoni indigenes marched on a Port Harcourt highway in remembrance of late civil rights activist and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa that was executed on November 10, 1995 by military dictator General Sani Abacha for spear-heading the struggle against environmental degradation of Ogoniland by Shell oil. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)

Protesters gather Tuesday Nov.11 1997 outside the Shell Centre, on London's South Bank, which was being visited by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh. Among the protesters was Maria Saro-Wiwa, right, the widow of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a human rights activist who was allegedly executed in Nigeria on November 10 1995. Mr Saro-Wiwa had campaigned against the impact of Shell's involvement in Nigeria, on people and the environment. (AP Photo / Stefan Rousseau) uk out

BRITAIN-SHELL/SARO WIWA

Owens Wiwa, the brother of Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa who was executed by the Lagos regime 10 November, stands outside Shell headquarters in ]London 01 December during a protest by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People. Shell announced it would continue working in Nigeria despite accusations that the company shared the blame for human-rights abuses. AFP PHOTO . Johnny EGGITT (Photo by JOHNNY EGGITT / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/JOHNNY EGGITT)

THAILAND SARO WIWA

Nigerian Ken Wiwa talks to reporters at a news conference in Bangkok Tuesday, October 8, 1996. Wiwa, son of Nigeria's famous environmental activist, Ken Saro Wiwa, who was executed by Nigerian military in 1995 along with eight other Ogoni activists for speaking out on environmental and social justice, called for a boycott of Shell Oil, which does business with Nigeria's dictatorship. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)