Nigeria

**Updates IFEX CH alerts dated 31 July, 7 June, 5 May, 21 April, 22 March, 24, 17, 8, 6 February, 20, 11 January 1995** According to reports from Rivers State, Nigeria, Ken Saro-Wiwa’s publishing office in Port Harcourt was broken into in late July 1995. His books and the manuscripts of several other writers are […]

**Updates IFEX alerts dated 7 June, 5 May, 21 April, 22 March, 24, 17, 8, 6 February, 20, 11 January 1995** The trial of jailed writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, adjourned on 6 July 1995, was scheduled to resume on 31 July 1995 despite the fact that Ken Saro-Wiwa may not have adequate legal defense. […]

**Updates IFEX alerts dated 17 July and 26 June 1995; for background, see alerts of 11 July, 26, 22 May 1995** (updates IFEX alerts dated 17, 11 July, 26 June, 26, 22 May): CPJ confirms that life imprisonment sentences were given to Chris Anyanwu (f), editor-in-chief of “The Sunday Magazine” (“TSM”), and Ben Charles Obi, […]

**Updates IFEX alerts dated 14, 6 December, 19 October 1994 and others** On 9 June 1995, the military government of Nigeria, for the second time in a row, extended the ban on the Punch and Concord independent newspaper groups for another six months as of 10 June. On 14 February, the ban on the Guardian […]

**Updates IFEX CH alerts dated 22 March, 24, 17, 8, 6 February 1995 and others** There are deep concerns for the health of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa after recent reports that he has not been able to attend his tribunal on at least two occasions in the last month due to ill-health and that the […]

**Updates IFEX CH alerts dated 17, 8 and 6 February 1995** Ken Saro-Wiwa’s lawyers report that they were attacked in court after the case against him resumed on 21 February 1995. They say the court was surrounded by military personnel who were screening people who entered the court. They reportedly refused to permit journalists from […]

Sources: lawyers, press agencies, Amnesty, various **Further to IFEX CH alerts dated 8 and 6 February 1995** The trial against jailed Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa is due to begin on 21 February 1995, after its postponement on 6 February. Saro-Wiwa is charged with four counts under the Civil Disturbances Tribunal Decree of 1987. The charges […]

**Updates IFEX CH alert dated 20 January 1995; for background, see IFEX alerts of 11 January, 21, 2 December, 17 November, and various 1994** The trial against Nigerian writer and human rights campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa has been adjourned to 26 February 1995 in order to allow him more access to his lawyers. The case against […]

**For background, see IFEX CH alerts and press releases dated 11 January 1995, 21, 2 December, 17 November, and various alerts through 1994** The trial against Nigerian writer and minority rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was postponed on 16 January 1995 after the prosecution failed to turn up at the court in Port Harcourt. Mr. Saro-Wiwa’s […]