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.”
Source: OgoniNews
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