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Oil activists attacked and detained by Nigerian police
From RSW blog: Frontline human rights defenders in the Niger Delta suffered a brutal police attack on Monday 5th April. Activists from the Ogoni Solidarity Forum and Social Action were beaten, illegally detained without charge and denied access to lawyers and medical treatment. The text below is cross-posted from the Amnesty International website and community rights monitor, Niger Delta Watch: “Amnesty International…
9 Apr 2010 admin -
C Words: Disgust, Integrity, Solidarity
The text below is from a blog written in February 2010. It reflects on reactions to PLATFORM’s 50-day live exhibition and season of over 70 events on art and activism at Arnolfini, Bristol, called “C Words: Carbon, Climate, Capital, Culture”. This took place in October and November 2009, in the context of the run-up to…
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The Real Story Behind ‘Blood and Oil’
Viewers of the BBC2 action drama on the Niger Delta, ‘Blood and Oil’ may be shocked to discover that this murky thriller of hostages, soldiers, oil and conflict, has its roots in real events in the Delta. In particular, one of the darker chapters of former President Obasanjo’s repressive rule that went largely unreported… In…
30 Mar 2010 admin -
‘Blood And Oil’: BBC Drama on the Niger Delta Crisis
The Niger Delta crisis is coming to an audience of millions as BBC 2 screen the long anticipated and award-winning drama, ‘Blood and Oil’ on prime time television. Guy Hibbert’s tense thriller (starring Naomi Harris (28 Days Later), Johdi May (Defiance) Patterson Joseph and David Oyelowo) follows two women as they investigate the circumstances that…
29 Mar 2010 admin -
Shell Wreak Havoc in Nigeria And Head to Ghana
Shell is pushing for a more active role in Ghana’s vast new oil fields, which may hold over 500 million barrels of oil. With a legacy of turmoil in Nigeria crippling its supply, Shell was desperate to impress at an industry summit this week before Ghana’s Vice President Mahama and the Director of Ghana National…
26 Mar 2010 admin -
Gas Flaring linked to Acid Rain: Climatologist Warns
Gas currently being flared in Nigeria’s oil fields is polluting the Niger Delta with a ‘huge quantity’ of toxins which are a major cause of acid rain, claims an international professor. The finding could overturn years of skepticism from oil companies and government officials, who regularly downplay the impact of flaring on communities. As the…
25 Mar 2010 admin -
Nigerians challenge Shell over meddling in internal affairs
After Shell’s highly-publicised “threat” to leave Nigeria given a current Petroleum Bill being discussed in Parliament that would re-assess excessive corporate revenues, Environmental Rights Action based in Benin City and Port Harcourtresponds: “The foremost environmental rights advocacy organization in Nigeria, Environmental Rights Action (ERA), has accused the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas major, Shell, of not being a…
10 Mar 2010 admin -
Say no to Shell’s slave sugar cane biofuel plans in Brazil
Shell has just signed what could be the world’s largest biofuel deal ever – a $12 billion MoU with controversial Brazilian sugar came company Cosan. According to rainforest campaigners Rettet den Regenwald, the deal threatens to lead to deforestation in the Amazon, increased climate chaos and support Cosan in its continued use of slave labour. Here is…
3 Mar 2010 admin -
Taxpayers’ money involved in financing controversial tar sands companies
New report exposes RBS involvement in Canada’s “blood oil” Bank executives meet in Toronto and discuss concerns about public backlash over involvement in tar sands Environmental and development groups announce a week of protest around the RBS AGM in April over the bank’s tar sands investments It’s been revealed that RBS have been involved in…
