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2017年9月8日

著者:
Cletus Ukpong, Premium Times (Nigeria)

Ogoni Nine: Shell’s lawyers refusing to hand over “critical” evidence – Amnesty International

The civil suit filed against Shell in the Netherlands for its alleged complicity in the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists by the Nigerian government has taken an interesting turn, as lawyers to the oil giant are being accused of refusing to hand over evidence said to be critical to the case.

The nine men, popularly referred to as ‘Ogoni Nine’ were executed in 1995 by Nigeria’s military regime under controversial circumstances.

The widows of four of the men, led by Esther Kiobel, are the plaintiffs in the case which was first filed in 2001 in the U.S.

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2013, without hearing the substance of the case, had ruled that the U.S. did not have jurisdiction.

The widows filed the lawsuit in the Netherlands on June 28...

mnesty International directly accused Shell of trying to prevent the release of vital information.

Shell’s lawyers, according to the NGO, have appealed against the judgment of a U.S. federal court which ordered Shell to turn over the documents...

Shell has denied complicity in the killing of the Ogoni Nine...

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US court to hear appeal of Shell’s lawyers against decision to hand over internal documents for legal case in Netherlands alleging firm’s complicity in execution of activists in Nigeria

Shell lawsuit (re executions in Nigeria, Kiobel v Shell, filed in the Netherlands)

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