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Four Nigerian Farmers Take Shell to Court in the Hague
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Oil Multinational Charged in the Hague For Pollution in Nigeria
Tuesday 1 st December
Amsterdam & London – A unique court case, brought by four Nigerian victims of Shell oil spills, in conjunction with Friends of the Earth Netherlands, begins on Thursday 3rd December in the court at The Hague. This is the first time [...]
NNEKA triumphs at MOBO awards
Can you feel
My heart is beating?
Many times she sang those words, wrapping up the pain and endurance of Niger Deltans, for years she shook the wall of indifference around her, and finally, we were moved.
On 1st October, NNEKA was awarded this years’ MOBO (Music of Black Origin) prize for best African Artist. NNEKA is an [...]
Shell-to-Sea Activists Served With Prison Sentences
Activists in Mayo, Ireland have been resisting Shell’s efforts to lay an illegal onshore pipeline in their community. The courage of these activists, who have risked jail sentences and put their lives on the line, has succeeded in delaying the construction of the pipeline frustrating Shell’s plan to access Ireland’s gas fields. Shell-to-Sea is an [...]
Shell & British Government Shared Intelligence with Nigerian Military Regime
Disturbing evidence of collaboration between Shell and the British government emerged last week. Shell used its position of power to share British intelligence secrets with Nigeria’s notorious military dictator, General Sani Abacha, who ordered the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues in 1995. This article first appeared in the Private Eye on [...]
Shell in the spotlight over ‘human rights tragedy’
Kate Allen of Amnesty International UK writes in The Guardian today, highlighting the human rights impacts of Shell’s pollution in the Niger Delta.
If the oil giant truly wants reconciliation in the Niger Delta, its incoming CEO must take concrete action
A new chief executive takes the helm at Shell today. Peter Voser will preside over a [...]
Two Reports + Amnesty’s Campaign on Shell
Shell’s polluting practises blasted by 2 reports: Take Action HERE
As Peter Voser becomes Shell’s new CEO on 1st July, his inbox is already feeling the weight of a 143-page report from Amnesty International, and a critical report from the ShellGuilty coalition. The reports document Shell’s appalling impact on the human rights of oil-producing communities [...]
SHELL CLIMATE CRIMES EXPOSED IN NEW REPORT
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Environment groups criticize Shell CEO van der Veer for undermining Climate Policies
Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Washington – 29th June 2009
Fresh evidence of oil giant Shell’s colossal contribution to global climate change and its continued investment in carbon intensive fossil fuels has been revealed today in a new report.[1] The report also reveals new [...]
Scraping the Barrel: Shell’s Article in Guardian Comment
Shell’s Malcolm Brinded wrote an article recently in the Guardian’s Comment section, that was savaged for its patronising tone and ‘all-round offensiveness’. Brinded would like us all to believe that Shell are the nice guys in Nigeria, who settled out of court as a ‘humanitarian gesture’ to the Ogoni people. The very notion is an [...]
Evidence Against Shell Continues in Independent on Sunday
An article by on 14th June in the Independent on Sunday highlighted the damning evidence of Shell’s involvement in human rights abuses. Andy Rowell writes:
Serious questions over Shell Oil’s alleged involvement in human rights abuses in Nigeria emerged last night after confidential internal documents and court statements revealed how the energy giant enlisted the help [...]
Channel 4 News Expose Unpublished Evidence Of Shell’s Military Partnership
When a settlement was announced in the landmark Wiwa v Shell case, Shell stated that it ‘had no part in the violence that took place’ , and denied any responsibility for the military crack downs in Ogoniland that led to the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his colleagues. This evening, the company’s denial of liability [...]
