Contents: Nobel Laureate Among 16 Democracy Leaders Charged With Treason • Imprisoned Environmentalist Tortured • City, Pension Funds Target Companies In Nigeria • Flawed Elections Raise Doubts About Democracy Transition Timetable • Journalist Arrested as Press Assault Continues • U.S. Religious Leaders Press For Sanctions • Tailor Jailed For Insulting Dictator • Legislative Action For Democracy In Nigeria What You Can Do • The document reprints a newspaper article "Rule of Law in Nigeria was on the verge of collapse" by Stephanie Nebehay. The document includes a quote by Nigerian Methodist Bishop Sunday Mbang. The document mentions Wole Soyinka Chief Anthony Enahoro, the Nation...
Contents: Nobel Laureate Among 16 Democracy Leaders Charged With Treason • Imprisoned Environmentalist Tortured • City, Pension Funds Target Companies In Nigeria • Flawed Elections Raise Doubts About Democracy Transition Timetable • Journalist Arrested as Press Assault Continues • U.S. Religious Leaders Press For Sanctions • Tailor Jailed For Insulting Dictator • Legislative Action For Democracy In Nigeria What You Can Do • The document reprints a newspaper article "Rule of Law in Nigeria was on the verge of collapse" by Stephanie Nebehay. The document includes a quote by Nigerian Methodist Bishop Sunday Mbang. The document mentions Wole Soyinka Chief Anthony Enahoro, the Nation Democratic Coalition of Nigeria (NDECO), Shell oil company, Ken Saro-Wiwa, hanged by the dictatorship, a military prison, Amnesty International, the United Nations, The Sierra Club, the Nigerian army, New York City pension funds, resolutions, Chevron, sanctions laws, Oakland, New Orleans, Alameda County, Amherst, St. Louis, the National Election Commission, voter fraud, Moshood Abiola, Sani Abacha, Ladi Olorunyomi, Dapo Olorunyomi, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Walter Cronkite, Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker, the National Council of Churches (NCC), Reverend Joan Campbell, the White House, National Security Council Advisors Samuel Berger, Mobil Oil, the World Council of Churches (WCC), a statement on repression, religious leaders, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), the Nigerian city of Kano, and Bashir Musa.
