Saro-Wiwa reponse on Kevin Myers 'ranting':
Message from Remember Saro-Wiwa; RSW is a coalition of organisations and individuals encompassing the arts and literature, human rights and environmental and development issues. Remember Saro-Wiwa is working with Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation.Daniel,
Thanks for sending this. Unfortunately, a free press means that people such as this writer get to assault us with their misinformed ranting.
While I agree with some of what he says about debt relief, he is tarring millions of people with the same brush and perpetuating age-old falsehoods with his obsession with voodoo and the like.
Anyway, to stick to the accusations aimed at Saro-Wiwa. While what happened to the four Ogoni chiefs was indeed appalling, there was no "cannibalisation". This statement shows the prejudices of the writer's views and the fact that he has clearly not read any of the details of the case.
After being beaten to death, the car the four chiefs were travelling in was set alight. There was nothing left to 'cannibalise'.
There was never any evidence of Ken's involvement in that incident and the UN, Human Rights lawyers and other observers at the trial have documented the complete sham that the trial was. There was no evidence and the 'witnesses' later confessed to being bribed. Today, the Nigerian courts are considering overturning the verdict and declaring Ken an innocent man.
The attached documents Ken Saro-Wiwa's story, including what happened at the trial and what has been going on in the Delta since. It's our side of the story but it's based on a wide range of references.
- The Remember Saro-Wiwa Co-ordinator.
http://www.remembersarowiwa.com/
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