London rally- Shell told: justice is coming!
May 27th, 2009 | Published in blog | 2 Comments
Activists made sure Shell staff arriving at work this morning at their London HQ knew their company is soon to face trial for human right abuses in Nigeria. Leaflets were distributed amid chants of ‘justice is coming’ by activists brought together by the ShellGuilty coalition.
Photos below: Campaigners outside Shell’s headquarters in London make sure Shell staff know their company is on trial. Photos courtesy of Martin Le Santo Smith. Click on the images for a larger version. [Journalists, to download the below photos at high-resolution, click here].
The ShellGuilty coalition comprises Friends of the Earth, Oil Change International and PLATFORM/Remember Saro-Wiwa. They have formed a global campaign to hold Shell accountable and demand that it stop gas flaring in Nigeria.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:54 am (#)
[...] In the UK, protestors in London targeted Shell’s London Headquarters at Waterloo with activists handing out leaflets to Shell employees while chanting, ‘Justice is coming’. The protests were coordinated by the ShellGuilty coalition and global partners. Photos of each of the protests are available to download along with a note of information. Click here for Nigeria, New York, and London. [...]
May 29th, 2009 at 8:30 am (#)
I have just read Felt and Batten by Phil Vasili. One of the main characters is a MOSOP activist. It deals with, among other themes, the destruction of Ogoni by the oil companies. It is available on the webiste Lulu (see below for address). I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in a fictionalised account of the Ogoni struggle.
http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?search_forum=-1&search_cat=2&show_results=topics&return_chars=200&search_keywords=&keys=&header_search=true&sitesearch=lulu.com&q=&fSearch=felt+and+batten&fSearchFamily=2&fSubmitSearch..x=9&fSubmitSearch.y=11