Mugabe on Ken Saro-Wiwa death sentence

Title

Mugabe on Ken Saro-Wiwa death sentence

Genre

Interview

TX Date

10 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:00:14

Description

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe from the Commonwealth of Nations conference in Auckland, New Zealand calling for sanctions against the Nigerian government including possible exclusion from the Commonwealth, after it confirmed death sentences on playwright and political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his supporters from the country’s minority Ogoni people. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Robert Mugabe

Keywords

Human rights; New Zealand; Death penalty; Conferences; Commonwealth of Nations; Commonwealth countries; Political activists; Nigeria; Ken Saro-Wiwa; Auckland

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