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Artigo

3 Jul 2017

Author:
Rebecca Ratcliffe, The Guardian (UK)

Widows of the "Ogoni nine" executed in Nigeria in the 1990s launch a court case in the Netherlands against Shell; say company was complicit in their husbands' executions

"Ogoni widows file civil writ accusing Shell of complicity in Nigeria killings", 29 June 2017

The widows of men who were hanged by Nigeria’s military government in the 1990s have launched a civil case against Shell, accusing it of complicity in their husbands’ executions. Esther Kiobel, the widow of Dr Barinem Kiobel, and three other women whose husbands were hanged in 1995, served a writ in a Dutch court this week, following a 20-year battle with the oil giant. Kiobel’s husband was executed along with the writer and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, and seven other men, who became collectively known as the Ogoni nine. They were hanged in a military court following a peaceful uprising by 300,000 Ogonis against Shell’s widespread pollution in Ogoniland...Amnesty International, which has supported Kiobel’s legal team, has accused Shell of complicity in the state executions. Shell has branded the allegations “false and without merit”...In a briefing published on Thursday, Amnesty alleges that Shell encouraged security forces and military authorities to stop the protests, even though the company knew this would lead to human rights violations....In a statement, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited said: “We have always denied, in the strongest possible terms, the allegations made by the plaintiffs in this tragic case...“SPDC has not had an opportunity to review the full report produced by Amnesty International but, based on a summary of its findings made available to us, the Amnesty allegations against Royal Dutch Shell and SPDC are false and without merit...

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Widows of Ogoni activists killed by Nigerian Govt. sue Shell in the Netherlands over alleged complicity

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

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