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Nov. 10 Special Feature: Focus on John Kpuinen
Comrade John Kpuinen was killed together with Ogoni 8 activists Ken Saro-Wiwa, Baribor Bera, Saturday Doobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbokoo, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Paul Levura, and Felix Nuate on November 10, 1995 in Port Harcourt Nigeria for Freedom Campaign. ”
On November 10, 1995, internationally renowned author and human rights and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and youth leader John Kpuinen were hanged in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Ken Saro-Wiwa was the leader of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (“MOSOP”) and John Kpuinen was the Deputy President of MOSOP’s youth wing, the National Youth Council of Ogoni People (“NYCOP”).
Saro-Wiwa and Kpuinen were among a group of activists falsely accused of murder and tried before a special tribunal in proceedings which violated international standards of due process. The executions of Ken Saro-Wiwa and John Kpuinen by the Nigerian military junta and the campaign to falsely accuse them were carried out with the knowledge, consent,and/or support of Defendant Brian Anderson, then Managing Director of the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c., (“Royal Dutch/Shell”) as part of a pattern of collaboration and/or conspiracy between Royal Dutch/Shell and the military junta of Nigeria to violently and ruthlessly suppress any opposition to Royal Dutch/Shell’s conduct in its exploitation of oil and natural gas resources in Ogoni and in the Niger Delta.”
Join other Ogonis to discuss pressing environmental issues, Bori state creation, UNEP REPORT, Ogoni land grab and a whole lot of other interesting topics. You can even include your own topic for discussions. All are welcome to join the forum. Make friends with other Ogonis and join interesting groups including all the Ogoni 6 kingdoms, Bori residents, Port Harcourt residents, RIVPOLY, UNIPORT AND RSUST student groups. To join the forum, please click on the ”register” button at the top right of the homepage. Join Ogoni Online Forum today(http://forum.huraclub.org/)……………….HURAC
HURAC is a club instituted by the Movement For the Survival of the Ogoni People, which is open to all secondary schools within and outside Ogoni and also to all intending members. It`s currently operating in Riv-Poly secondary school, its division HQTRS, and also in CSS Bori, ACGS Bori, BMGS Bori and some Portharcourt schools. It has Kate, Wisdom Deebeke as its pioneer Senior Chief Co-ordinator. It was inaugurated in Riv-Poly by the INTELLECTUAL ELITE BATCH, with Tuaka Jeremiah as the appointed Chairman as at then. It aims at educating members and the public on their fundamental human rights, human rights advocacy, human rights abuses and campaign, etc. To learn more about HURAC, please go to http://huraclub.org/.
