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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 14:37:29 -0800
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>    Photo by Steven Carty

Human Rights  Activist
>Dr. Owens Wiwa Speaks
>
>  Saturday, February 10, 2001
>5:30PM
>
> Washington  Hall
>153 14th Ave. (14th & Fir),  Seattle
>
>$5-$10 Admission Fee at the Door
>*Light  Refreshments Provided
>
>Proceeds to benefit the  work of the
>Community Coalition for Environmental
>Justice and  the struggle of the Ogoni
>people.  For more information  call
>(206) 720-0285
>
> About Owens  Wiwa:
> Dr. Owens Wiwa is the brother of the late Nigerian  writer and environmental
justice activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, president of the  Movement for the Survival
of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). Ken Saro-Wiwa mobilized  the Ogoni people to
fight Shell Oil's destruction of their land. Ken Saro-Wiwa  was executed by
the Nigerian military government on November 10, 1995. Owens  Wiwa, a
medical doctor and a human rights activist, escaped from Nigeria a few  days
after his brother's execution. As a political activist, Dr. Wiwa has
documented human rights abuses perpetrated upon the Ogoni by the Nigerian
Army,  as well as environmentally-related diseases among the Ogoni. In 1990,
he  established two private rural health centers to meet the needs of the
Ogoni  people. In so doing, he treated hundreds of Ogoni men, women and
children  injured as a result of ongoing military repression in Ogoni. He is
a member of  the Steering Committee of MOSOP and has held other posts in the
Ogoni  movement.
> Dr. Wiwa is a spirited warrior and an inspiration  to all who love and cherish
freedom. His unbroken will is a guiding light to  people in the Motherland
and abroad.
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>Community Coalition for Environmental Justice
>105 14th  Ave. Suite 2-C
>Seattle, WA 98122
>206-720-0285  FAX  206-720-5241
>website: http://www.ccej.org
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