Channel 4 News Report: Shell’s £10m ‘humanitarian gesture’

June 9th, 2009  |  Published in press

Oil giant Shell agrees a £10m “humanitarian” settlement, 14 years after protesters including author Ken Saro-Wiwa were executed by Nigeria’s former military regime. Sue Turton reports.

The oil giant Shell has always denied claims of being complicit in grave human rights abuses in Nigeria.

But Channel 4 News has obtained copies of court documents showing how the Anglo-Dutch company enlisted the help of Nigeria’s former military regime to deal with protesters.

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