SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES EXECUTION OF NIGERIAN MINORITY-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

10 November 1995

Press Release
SG/SM/5811

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES EXECUTION OF NIGERIAN MINORITY-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

19951110 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary General was shocked and appalled to learn of the execution by hanging of nine Nigerian minority-rights activists, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.

The Secretary-General deplores this act carried out in defiance of the efforts and numerous appeals from the international community and all friends of Nigeria. The Secretary-General urges the Government of Nigeria to abide by its international obligations and to fully respect the rights of minorities in the country.

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