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This section has resources for journalists and bloggers seeking information or interviews in order to cover the trial or other issues related to Shell’s legacy in Nigeria, as well as press releases and news coverage about the case and the trial.
On November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa, an acclaimed writer and leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), was hanged along with eight other Ogoni leaders, after a trial before a military tribunal that was condemned around the world as a sham. Ken Saro-Wiwa's last words were: "Lord take my soul but the struggle continues."