-
Shell in the High Court today
Lazarus Tamana Coordinator of MOSOP Europe writes from court today. Today is the preliminary judgement in the case brought by the people of Bodo in Ogoni by legal firm Leigh Day & Co against Shell. The judgement will form the legal issues that will be part of the trial expected to take place at the High Court in London in…
20 Jun 2014 admin -
Shell chief to visit Nigeria in effort to clean up oil spills
Terry Macalister, The Guardian
-
UNEP report: a vote against Shell
Ishaya Ibrahim, The Niche, Lagos
-
Stop playing games with Ogoni people, activists tell Shell
Ben Ezeamalu, Premium Times, Nigeria
-
Shell’s ‘polluted promises’ in Nigeria means it’s time for #ActionSaroWiwa
This week sees the publication of our latest briefing Polluted Promises, How Shell failed to clean up in Ogoniland, based on research done on the ground in the Niger Delta in October 2013 by our campaigner Sarah Shoraka, with allies from the Delta. The new report and research was covered in the Daily Mail yesterday.…
28 May 2014 admin -
‘Cleaned’ Nigerian sites still blighted by oil
Rob Davies, Daily Mail
-
20 year’s since Ken Saro Wiwa’s arrest – 20 years of Shell’s inaction
Twenty years ago today, Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested for the final time. Eighteen months later he and eight others were dead; hanged by the Nigerian military government on trumped up charges, for campaigning against Shell’s destruction of their home. Today is also Shell’s London AGM – a chance to foreground the voices of those still…
22 May 2014 admin -
Egyptian climate justice campaigner & Platform ally jailed for 2 years
A close ally of Platform’s was jailed for two years for her activism on Tuesday. Mahienour El-Massry is an inspiring Egyptian human rights lawyer, who led the way in challenging police brutality in Alexandria. Mahienour helped communities demand environmental justice, factory workers to fight for their rights and has been on the frontline of the…
22 May 2014 admin -
Shell CEO given Nigeria ‘to do list’ at memorial outside shareholder meeting on 20th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s arrest
Activists from oil-industry watch dog Platform this morning delivered an out-sized ‘to do list’ to Shell’s new CEO Ben van Beurden at its shareholder meeting in London, while young people read out Ken Saro-Wiwa’s final poems. The four-foot-high ‘to do list’ sets out what Shell needs to do to address its legacy of five decades…