Fourteen years ago, Ken Saro-Wiwa received the Goldman Prize for his leadership of a powerful non-violent movement against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell in the Ogoni region of Nigeria. He was hanged seven months later after a sham trial condemned around the world.
Trial
Remembering Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Ken Saro-Wiwa
Shell to Go to Trial for Complicity in Death of Former UNPO Vice President Ken Saro Wiwa
U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood set 9 February 2009 as the date for a trial stemming from two lawsuits accusing Shell of being complicit in decisions by Nigeria's military government to hang oil industry opponents.