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Article

2 Dec 2008

Author:
AFP

Chevron acquitté de complicité d'atteinte aux droits de l'homme au Nigeria

...Chevron a salué lundi la décision d'un tribunal fédéral de San Francisco...qui l'a acquitté d'une accusation de complicité d'atteinte aux droits de l'Homme dans une affaire de prise d'otages sanglante au Nigeria...Le pétrolier avait réclamé l'aide des autorités nigérianes, dont l'intervention armée s'était soldée par la mort de deux manifestants...Selon l'organisation "Justice in Nigeria Now", plusieurs autres manifestants, qui étaient "non armés" et se livraient à un "sit-in pacifique"...avaient été "blessés à vie", et d'autres avaient été emprisonnés et torturés.

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