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  • 19 Nov 2015 james

    We will Remember them – those who were hung and those who executed the hanging

    Here again. Standing before the white Portland Stone cenotaph of the Shell Center. A crowd of fifty or more in silent attention as the names of the dead are read out: Saturday Dobee Nordu Eawo Daniel Gbooko Paul Levera Felix Nuate Baribor Bera Barinem Kiobel John Kpuinen Ken Saro-Wiwa The chief mourner is Lazarus Tamana,…

    We will Remember them – those who were hung and those who executed the hanging

  • Vigil on 20th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni 9 execution demands Shell clean up in Niger Delta.

    Vigil on 20th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni 9 execution demands Shell clean up in Niger Delta.   The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, and Platform held a vigil outside the Shell headquarters in London November 10th, 2015 on the 20th year anniversary of the execution Ken Saro-Wiwa. Artists, activists and…

    Vigil on 20th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni 9 execution demands Shell clean up in Niger Delta.

  • 6 Nov 2015 jane

    Release the Bus memorial NOW: Artists, campaigners and others speak out!

    Twenty years ago, on 10th November 1995, the Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed, alongside eight colleagues, for crimes they did not commit. They were campaigning against Shell’s exploitation and environmental destruction of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. As a Living Memorial, The Battle Bus, a large-scale mobile interactive steel sculpture…

    Release the Bus memorial NOW: Artists, campaigners and others speak out!

  • 5 Nov 2015 jane

    Nov 10th Artists on why Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni struggle matters

    The Bus memorial to writer and campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8 has been seized by Nigerian military. On Nov 10th it will be 20 years since the executions of Ken and the other Ogoni men by Nigeria’s then military government for protesting against Shell and other oil companies. Shell still have not started…

    Nov 10th Artists on why Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni struggle matters

  • 5 Nov 2015 admin

    RELEASE: ‘Living Memorial’ to Ken Saro-Wiwa seized by Nigerian Customs

    RELEASE: ‘Living Memorial’ to Ken Saro-Wiwa seized by Nigerian Customs Thursday, November 5th, 2015 Suzanne Dhaliwal – [email protected] +447772694327 UK contact for images and interviews Memorial sculpture to murdered activist seized at Lagos port by Nigerian Customs Customs chief was on tribunal that condemned Ken Saro-Wiwa to execution; Shell stands accused of conspiring in the…

    RELEASE:  ‘Living Memorial’ to Ken Saro-Wiwa seized by Nigerian Customs

  • 3 Nov 2015 jane

    Seizure of Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Bus #bus4ogoni9

    This statement is issued to call public attention to the seizure by the Nigerian Customs Service of a “Living Memorial” to Ken Saro-Wiwa donated by Platform  – friends and colleagues in the United Kingdom – to the Ogoni people. The memorial is a sculpture of a bus made in remembrance of the struggles of Ken…

    Seizure of Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Bus #bus4ogoni9

  • Head looking backward the bird flies forward – a night for Ken Saro-Wiwa in Peckham

    [In 7 days’ time it will be 10th November – the 20th anniversary of the executions of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 Ogoni colleagues. This blog is a response to a powerful poetry event at Peckham Platform last Friday, inspired by the work and life of Ken Saro-Wiwa. Come to the events on Nov 10th –…

    Head looking backward the bird flies forward – a night for Ken Saro-Wiwa in Peckham

  • 27 Oct 2015 jane

    You’ll want this stunning new poster artwork for the Ogoni 9

    Long-term struggles need new creative energy to stay nourished. So today we launch a stunning new print artwork – a collaboration between the internationally acclaimed political artist Alfredo Jaar and designer Jon Daniel. Platform commissioned it mark the 20th anniversary of the executions of writer and campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 Ogoni colleagues. Below, see how you can…

    You’ll want this stunning new poster artwork for the Ogoni 9

  • Civil Society in Nigeria calls for deeper commitment to clean-up

    This month marked the 4th anniversary of a historic UNEP report calling for extensive action for the clean-up in the Niger Delta. I caught up with reactions from our partners in Nigeria and jumped on Arise TV to share our responses to the meetings that took place and to ramp up pressure on Shell to follow through…

    Civil Society in Nigeria calls for deeper commitment to clean-up

  • Save the date – Action Saro-Wiwa events

    2015 is the 20th anniversary of the executions of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other Ogoni men. They were murdered by the Nigerian military government for protesting against Shell’s devastation of their Niger Delta land, once the breadbasket of Africa. Action Saro-Wiwa is contributing to two events coming up in August to push for justice…

    Save the date – Action Saro-Wiwa events