Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti

Beko Ransome-Kuti had all of these in abundance...

Born on 2 August 1940 Bekolari Ransome-Kuti is survived by his second wife three daughters and a son...

There was deep anger among the Yoruba after the annulment of the presidential election and the arrest of Chief Moshood Abiola who had won it and of the human rights campaigner Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti a member of the Yorubas' grandest political (and musical) dynasty; Kuti was alleged to have leaked news of trumped-up charges against a group of alleged coup plotters including Obasanjo...

He has established some human rights credibility with the release of prominent detainees such as Beko Ransome-Kuti and Gen...

Beko Ransome-Kuti would be staunchly opposed by the Abacha-ists in the army...

Olusegun Obasanjo Yar'Adua and human rights activist Beko Ransome-Kuti...

Beko Ransome-Kuti or to take steps to ensure that there is a credible political competition in Nigeria rather than merely Gen...

The family was unable to get permission from the Federal High Court for Fela's younger brother and business manager Beko Ransome-Kuti in gaol on political charges to attend the burial; the African representative on the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and leader of the Campaign for Democracy Beko is serving a 15-year sentence imposed by a military tribunal in 1995 for faxing a copy of the defence statement of a military officer accused of trying to overthrow Abacha...

Olusegun Obasanjo and Beko Ransome-Kuti...

Human rights activists risk revenge for embarrassing violators; witness the case of the courageously outspoken Beko Ransome-Kuti the African representative on the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative who is now desperately ill in a Nigerian gaol...