Contents: Nobel Laurate Among 16 Democracy Leaders Charged With Treason • Imprisoned Environmentalist Tortured • Cities, Pension Funds Target Companies In Nigeria • Flawed Elections Raise Doubts About Democracy Transition Timetable • Journalist Arrested as Press Assault Continues • Tailor Jailed For Insulting Dictator • The report mentions Wole Soyinka, Chief Anthony Enahoro, the National Democratic Coalition of Nigeria (NADECO), Ken Saro-Wiwa, execution, hanged by the dictatorship, the United Nations, detainees, Amnesty International, Shell oil, inhuman prison conditions, lack of medical care, trumped-up murder charges, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), The Sierra Club, an...
Contents: Nobel Laurate Among 16 Democracy Leaders Charged With Treason • Imprisoned Environmentalist Tortured • Cities, Pension Funds Target Companies In Nigeria • Flawed Elections Raise Doubts About Democracy Transition Timetable • Journalist Arrested as Press Assault Continues • Tailor Jailed For Insulting Dictator • The report mentions Wole Soyinka, Chief Anthony Enahoro, the National Democratic Coalition of Nigeria (NADECO), Ken Saro-Wiwa, execution, hanged by the dictatorship, the United Nations, detainees, Amnesty International, Shell oil, inhuman prison conditions, lack of medical care, trumped-up murder charges, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), The Sierra Club, an international campaign to free the Ogoni 19, institutional investors, New York City pension funds, shareholder resolutions, democracy resolutions, sanctions laws, Oakland, New Orleans, Alameda County, Amherst, voting, the National Election Commission, dictator Sani Abacha, the Nigerian army, Moshood Abiola, Presidential elections, journalist Ladi Olorunyomi, the National Consultation on Africa,, Dapo Olorunyomi, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Walter Cronkite, repression, the northern Nigerian city of Kano, and Bashir Musa.
