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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL FORCED TO SETTLE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OUT OF COURT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2009 Damning Evidence Reveals Shell’s Complicity In Crimes Against Humanity; Landmark Case Resolved in Favor of Ogoni Plaintiffs After 14 Year Legal Battle New York– After legal battles lasting nearly fourteen years, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has been forced to pay a $15.5 million out-of-court settlement. Plaintiffs from the…
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5 Jun 2009 adminThe Living Memorial
remember saro-wiwa is a ground-breaking visual arts project, that combines the power of art and activism. The vehicle of the project is a Living Memorial to the Nigerian artist and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, created by British artist Sokari Douglas-Camp CBE. The Living Memorial is a life-size steel Bus, featuring the names of the Ogoni 9…
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5 Jun 2009 adminBackground
On November 10th 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues were hanged by the Nigerian military government for campaigning against the devastation of their homeland the Niger Delta by oil companies, in particular Shell. Ken was an activist, writer, political journalist and businessman and became the iconic leader of the minority Ogoni people’s struggle…
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Shell Guilty TV Ads Launched to Hold Shell Accountable For Gas Flaring In Advance Of Wiwa V Shell Trial
Ads demand Shell finally end gas flaring that Ken Saro-Wiwa died trying to stop; they will begin running in New York City this week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13th May 2009 New York City— The ShellGuilty campaign announced today it will begin running TV ads in New York City this week to hold Shell accountable for…
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4 Jun 2009 adminMedia
Welcome to our media room, where you can find the latest news relating to the struggle of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni. You can view a small selection of press coverage of the Wiwa v Shell case in the slideshow above. Click on the links to find a cross-section of news from the social and…
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Scenes from New York: the trial in focus
During a recent stop-over in New York for pretrial publicity, Ben Amunwa of PLATFORM’s remember saro-wiwa project used the time to capture some vivid moments at the courthouse rally and in the surrounding court district, lower Manhattan. To get closer to the action, click below to view a special slideshow by flickr, and see above…
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Shell’s complicity in the spotlight
Another week of publicity is keeping the spotlight firmly on the forthcoming Shell trial, with BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme dedicating a prominent feature to Shell’s role in the Niger Delta executions, Al-Jazeera News interviewing Ben Amunwa from remember saro-wiwa (see video), and an excellent article by Steve Kretzmann of Oil Change International in the…
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More Delay in Wiwa v. Shell Trial as Public Interest in Case Heats Up
MEDIA ADVISORY Next Pre-trial Conference in Wiwa v. Shell Now Set for Wednesday June 3rd ‘Video Shell Doesn’t Want You to See’ Viewed More Than 60,000 Times in Past Four Days New York– There has been another postponement in the landmark human rights trial at which Shell is expected to defend itself against charges that…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Shell face global backlash
Rallies in Ogoniland, Nigeria, US and UK ahead of Wiwa v Shell trial. Wednesday 27th May 2009 CONTACT: Nigeria, Celestine Akpobari, Ogoni Solidarity Forum, +234 8032733965 Ken Henshaw, Social Action, +234 8034053707 US, Celia Alario, +1(310) 721-6517 UK, Benjamin, PLATFORM, +44 207 357 0055 Stunning protests swept three different countries ahead of the delayed Wiwa…
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Opening of Landmark Human Rights Trial Wiwa v. Shell is DELAYED
Courthouse Rally Will Continue As Planned in New York Wednesday 27th May International Experts to Speak About Shell in Nigeria, Then and Now Who: International experts and campaigners, supporters of corporate accountability, human rights, and environmental justice. Speakers to include: Brent Blackwelder, Executive Director of Friends of the Earth, Steve Kretzmann, Executive Director of Oil…