[Dear Friend, For the past 18 months The Africa Fund has worked closely with community, labor and religious leaders, elected officials and activists to oppose the violence ...]
[Dear Friend, For the past 18 months The Africa Fund has worked closely with community, labor and religious leaders, elected officials and activists to oppose the violence ...]
The mailing points out that, despite the international outcry that followed the execution of rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa last year, the Nigerian military dictatorship maintains its ruthless grip on power, financed by some $10 billion annually in oil sales to the United States and Europe. The mailing says key trade union, human rights and pro-democracy leaders are in jail or exile. The winner of the 1993 Nigerian Presidential elections, Moshood Abiola, has been imprisoned for nearly two years awaiting trial on trumped-up treason charges. Political parties remain banned, the constitution has been suspended, and journalists, academics and civil rights workers are under constant attack. The...
The mailing points out that, despite the international outcry that followed the execution of rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa last year, the Nigerian military dictatorship maintains its ruthless grip on power, financed by some $10 billion annually in oil sales to the United States and Europe. The mailing says key trade union, human rights and pro-democracy leaders are in jail or exile. The winner of the 1993 Nigerian Presidential elections, Moshood Abiola, has been imprisoned for nearly two years awaiting trial on trumped-up treason charges. Political parties remain banned, the constitution has been suspended, and journalists, academics and civil rights workers are under constant attack. The mailing included the first edition of a new Africa Fund resource, Nigeria Democracy Action Update,, which is available on this website. The mailing discusses New York, Oakland, local sanctions, and human rights coordinator Mike Fleshman.
