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Activists rename Dublin Street after victim of Shell

remember Saro-Wiwa | 11.11.2008 17:56 | Ecology | History | Repression | World

Activists in Dublin renamed the street where the Shell office is after Ken Saro Wiwa.



Surprisingly, many streets in Dublin, capital of the Republic of Ireland, are still named after heroes of monarchy and colonialism.

Adelaide Road, which is home to the main entrance of Shell's Irish head office as well as the government department which hands out licences for the exploitation of Irish gas and oil reserves, is named after Queen Adelaide, the unfortunate German princess who married the English King William IV (he already had a mistress and ten children).

At the weekend, opponents of Shell's activities in Ireland and around the world took the decision to rename the street after Ken Saro-Wiwa. He was the leader, until his death, of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People and a fierce critic of Shell's destruction of the Niger Delta and its people.

Ken Saro Wiwa and eight others were executed by hanging in Port Harcourt prison on November 10th 1995. The Nigerian government claimed he was guilty of conspiracy to murder, but executives from Shell privately admitted that they were behind the prosecution, trial and execution of Saro-Wiwa and the others.

You can see a short video of the changing of the signs here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBHp--u4QVk

and a few more pictures here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/24935400@N06/sets/72157608792269359/

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- e-mail: rememberkensarowiwa@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.remembersarowiwa.com

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11.11.2008 18:18





That's a terrible photo- these are better.

Dear editor, please accept our apologies and could you replace the original photo with one of the these? Thanks

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  1. Nice one! — Q
  2. Pretty easy — RST