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		<title>Event: Fighting the Oil Giant, at The Phoenix Artists Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a message from Lifelines who are organising a great event in memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa. &#8220;Dear Friends, We have a remarkable line up for Lifelines&#8217; next gig, Fighting The Oil Giant, to be held at The Phoenix Artists Club , off Charing X Rd on Wednesday 30th November at 7.30pm. John Haynes is the winner of the Costa Award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aljazeera: UN slams Shell over Nigeria pollution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aljazeera produced this excellent video about Shell&#8217;s oil spills in Ogoni. In it, Ledum Mittee of MOSOP (the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) calls on the Nigerian government to revoke Shell&#8217;s licence.]]></description>
		<link>http://remembersarowiwa.com/aljazeera-un-slams-shell-over-nigeria-pollution/</link>
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		<title>UNEP report on oil spills in Ogoni: a summary from SDN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t have the time to read UNEP&#8217;s 262 page report on the impact of oil spill&#8217;s in Ogoni, don&#8217;t panic. Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), a group that works on the ground in the Niger Delta supporting community rights, has produced this helpful summary. As we noted previously, UNEP&#8217;s findings are particularly damning for Shell. As the main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://remembersarowiwa.com/unep-report-on-oil-spills-in-ogoni-a-summary-from-sdn/</link>
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		<title>The long struggle for justice in Ogoni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US-based EarthRights International (ERI) use the law to defend human rights and the environment. They recently posted up their perspective on Shell&#8217;s admission of liability for oil spills in Bodo, Ogoni.  ERI&#8217;s super-hot legal team worked with other leading human rights advocates to hold Shell accountable for its active involvement in crimes against humanity in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://remembersarowiwa.com/the-long-struggle-for-justice-in-ogoni/</link>
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		<title>The Biggest Oil Spill in the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PLATFORM featured on Channel 4 News this evening, providing analysis on two current news stories &#8211; the revelations of the full extent of environmental devastation in Ogoni land contained in the UN&#8217;s new report, and Shell&#8217;s admission of liability for two recent oil spills in Bodo, Ogoniland. Campaigner Ben Amunwa helped provide background research as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://remembersarowiwa.com/channel-4-the-biggest-oil-spill-in-the-world/</link>
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		<title>The struggle for justice in Ogoni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a heartfelt comment piece in The Guardian on the local reaction in Ogoni to Shell&#8217;s oil spill payout. Shell has admitted liability but has a long way to go to make amends Oil spills destroyed my village in Nigeria and decades of environmental and social injustice are still to be addressed. By Patrick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://remembersarowiwa.com/the-long-wait-for-justice-in-ogoni/</link>
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		<title>Breaking: Delta Activists Respond to UNEP Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a press release from ERA/FoE Nigeria, in response to UNEP&#8217;s publication &#8211; in the last half hour &#8211; of its report on the ecological impact of oil spills in Ogoni. Local activists argue that UNEP&#8217;s recommendation for a $1 billion fund for restoration in Ogoni is a token. 4 August 2011 UNEP Report: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://remembersarowiwa.com/breaking-delta-activists-respond-to-unep-report/</link>
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		<title>Shell to blame: Nigeria oil spills case creates media storm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shell&#8217;s environmental devastation in the Niger Delta came under heavy scrutiny today, as global media attention focused on the company&#8217;s admission of liability for two devastating oil spills in Nigeria in 2008-9. Here is a round-up of press coverage so far. Current estimates suggest that Shell could pay our over $410 million (£250m) in compensation. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://remembersarowiwa.com/shell-to-blame-nigeria-oil-spills-cas/</link>
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		<title>Breaking: Shell admits liability for 2 oil spills in Nigeria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a potentially ground-breaking development, The Guardian reported today that Shell has accepted liability for two massive oil spills which devastated farmland in Bodo, Ogoniland in 2008. Shell faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars after accepting full liability for two massive oil spills that devastated a Nigerian community of 69,000 people and may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://remembersarowiwa.com/breaking-shell-admits-liability-for-2-oil-spills-in-nigeria/</link>
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		<title>Tottenham’s Bernie Grant Arts Centre to Welcome Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial ‘Battle Bus’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LAUNCH EVENT: Saturday 25 June, 12-2pm, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd, London N15 4RX. MAP: View Larger Map A spectacular life-size steel bus, created as a memorial to Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, will be officially welcomed to its new home in Tottenham as part of Civic Day celebrations on Saturday 25 June. [...]]]></description>
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