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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july the world Commonwealth group hears nigerians by Helen Branswell Canadian press Madrid Lloyd Axworthy has had a lonely Job for the past 18 frying to per Suade members of a special common wealth committee to impose sanctions against human rights violator today the cavalry arrives in the forms of Britain new foreign Secre tary Robin Cook and a Bunch of wit Nesses to the abuses of Sani Bachas human rights and International Aid workers and nigerian dissidents will testify before the Commonwealth ministerial action meeting today and tomorrow in it will be Cooks first meeting of the which was St tiek 18 months ago to advise the common wealth on what to do about Nigeria after it executed author Ken Safo Wawa and eight other opponents of the military regime in november the previous conservative govern ment was reluctant to take action against with which Britain has significant economic and discus Sions of the ministerial action group have largely but it appears that is about to with Britain new labour government promising to get Tough on Cook signalled that intention shortly after labour came to Power in me backed it up two weeks ago and incurred the Wrath of Bachas regime in the he stated Nige Ria be allowed Back into the Commonwealth until it makes very serious Progress on restoring democracy and human Nigeria foreign chief Tom lashed out at Cook last saying his recent statements have been hostile and definitely unhelpful to the improvement of relations Between Nigeria and who has been in Nigeria Doghouse for the past year since Canada imposed unilateral sanctions on the Central african welcomed the 1 think1 that the fact that great which is clearly a very sub Stantial player in the is bringing a new attitude to Bear will change the Axworthy said yesterday in where he was attending the nato enlargement sum me also hailed the fact the commit tee will hear firsthand what Bachas regime is putting nigerians up to the source of information for the mag discussions and decisions has been exclusively contacts directly with the Nigeria gov while very i would say had certain Axworthy committee members went to Nige Ria earlier this year on a but government would not allow them to speak to opponents of the Abaca seized Power in a bloodless coup in november overturning an election and jailing the declared Vic he had promised to turn the noun try Over to civilian Rule by the end of last but did not and prize the Seft Plass Etory for is ame junel4august10 heres How to play each Days contains a number of words to be placed in the the words Are connected vertically and the circled letters Are then unscrambled for All entries must have the completed to make the entry daily Cash prizes weekly Cash prizes Cash grand prize for to your door every Day rules covers apron blinds Book jacket capes coat disguise hairnets hat lid mask pall Parka snood spread throw fill in the missing letters to 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cars until paramilitary police men came and dispersed to Stem the the kenyan authorities closed All four campuses of the University of As Well As Jomo Kenyatta North of the the Campus uprisings came two Days after nine people died As the riot police smashed dozens of Prode Moc racy protests across the country with tear Gas and the violence on monday worst in this East african country since when Sim Ilar protests forced president Daniel Arap Moi to end Kenya on party state and accept the protesters were a coalition of religious human rights advocates and opposition politicians who want to increase civil liberties and dilute the Power of the presidency by revising the Constitution and repeal ing archaic Public Security the University closings come As a deepening mood of crisis is gripping the country before elections later this opposition human rights groups and churches in a coalition known As the National convention executive committee have called for More protests to urge the government to change the Constitution before the crackdown the most of whom were supposed to take final exams this said they were protesting not Only the government crackdown but also a new Bill under which students who do not pay their tuition would be nearly two thirds of the University of Nairobi Are behind in their payments the catalyst for the How was an unconfirmed report that several students had died in the Vio Lence on though the police denied the which appeared in local on Campus it was treated As there were other unconfirmed rumours that a student had been shot during Early yesterday hundreds of students streamed out of the main Campus in an Effort to March to the City morgue and retrieve the bodies of their but the police tried to Stop setting off skirmishes with the police later in the the vice Chan cellar of the Francis gig a announced that the schools four campuses would be All the Stu dents were expected to leave by h despite the Appeal for Calm in the circular of 8th july and the address by the vice the situation has continued to he said in a tote University of Nairobi will be closed with immediate the closing was not a since the campuses have been a source of antigovernment protests for earlier this year students staged Sev eral violent demonstrations after a Stu Dent Leader died under suspicious and Campus leaders said the police were responsible for three Days students marched against the new education setting off Street skirmishes with the ;