Sahara Reporters publisher arrested in Nigeria
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I
share my outrage at the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, founder and publisher
of the main Nigerian media based in New York. Sowore was taken out of
his apartment in the early hours of August 3rd, and has been detained
ever since. Word came through that he was taken to Abuja.
I
first met Sowore at a memorial for another brave and outspoken for
NIgerian democracy, Gani Fanehwahinmi, in a Queens hotel in September
2009. Sowore was on the barricades with Gani. My favorite story from
that event was when Gani was offered an executive position in the
Nigerian government. He said that was an act of corruption even asking
him.
Is
Nigeria better run now than in 2009? Seems not. So many good people
trying hard, but looks like the winners are the forces of oligarchs
whose goals are to become richer by pushing the faces of the poor
further and further into the ground.
Below,
Sowore is sitting next to Lisa Vives during the Manhattan Sahara
Reporters and Global Information Network 2011 celebration of the
birthday of the South African activist and president Nelson Mandela.
