After 13 years of legal battles, the deaths of these activists who opposed Shell's gas flaring and environmental devastation of their homeland have been recompensed. Shell was forced to pay $15.5 million, including $5 million for a trust to benefit communities in Ogoni territory in Nigeria, the homeland of the executed activists.
The fact that the Nigerian plaintiffs were able to win such a large settlement means they successfully held Shell accountable for its complicity in human rights abuses. You can read more about the settlement at our Shell Guilty campaign website (http://www.shellguilty.com), or take a look at some of the news articles below.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'
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