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Nigerian police assault and arbitrarily detain human rights defenders Asume...
Six armed policemen from the Rivers State Police Command assaulted and arbitrarily detained human rights activists Asume Osuoka, Celestine Akpobari, and Ken Henshaw, of Nigeria-based NGO Social Action,...
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Human Rights Defender Asume Osuoka Detained Again by Nigerian Security Forces
Photo credit: Kendra E. Thornbury for Sweet Crude After his assault and arbitrary detention on April 5, Asume Osuoka reported the following incident, which he says “may or may not be linked to” those...
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Nnimmo Bassey wins 2010 Right Livelihood Award
Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey of Friends of the Earth International has been awarded the prestigious Right Livelihood Award - “…for revealing the full ecological and human horrors of...
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New Revelations on Anniversary of Ken Saro Wiwa’s Death
Remembering Ken Saro Wiwa on the 15th Anniversary of his Murder Ken Saro Wiwa Fifteen years ago Ken Saro Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists who led protests against Shell Oil company were hanged by...
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Police Open Fire at Ogoni Vigil in Port Harcourt
Police violence injures and infringes on the free speech rights of Ogoni people at a candlelight vigil in remembrance of social and environmental activist and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni...
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Shell can’t be held accountable in U.S. courts for human rights violations, a...
Nigeria: U.S. Court Declines to Hear Suit Against Shell, Chika Amanze-Nwachuku, This Day, AllAfrica Global Media, 8 February 2011 A United States Appeal Court on Friday refused to entertain a lawsuit...
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Sneak Preview/California premier of Naked Option with Emem Okon 5/21
Sneak preview & California Premier of The Naked Option, a film about the Nigerian women’s movement 7PM Saturday May 21st Victoria Street Theatre 2961 16th Street, San Francisco Q&A with Naked...
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Amnesty Int’l and SERAP urge probe of shootings in Niger Delta
Another instance of the use of excessive force in the Niger Delta has prompted Amnesty International to observe, “The excessive use of force by Nigeria’s security forces in Bundu waterfront community...
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US Supreme Court to hear Nigeria-Shell rights case
17 October 2011 Re-posted from AFP WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court said Monday it will consider a lawsuit accusing Royal Dutch Shell of human rights abuses, a case that could make companies liable...
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Nigerian villagers in polluted community file a new lawsuit in the U.S....
Nigerians seek $1 billion from Shell for oil spills By Mira Oberman | AFP – Thu, Oct 20, 2011 Re-posted from AFP A Nigerian tribal king filed a lawsuit in a US court seeking $1 billion from Royal Dutch...
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