The people of Nigeria versus Shell
The people of Nigeria versus Shell is a short 5 minute video that discusses a new legal effort against Royal Dutch Shell.
On May 15th 2008, Friends of the Earth Netherlands, her Nigerian sister organization ERA and four Nigerian plaintiffs took legal action against Royal Dutch Shell over a series of oil spills in the Niger Delta.
The plaintiffs, farmers and fishermen from the villages of Goi (Ogoniland), Ikot Ada Udo and Orumain, have seen considerable damage to their lands and communities as a result of the spills.
“Due to the oil spill and accompanying fire, my land was destroyed: my fish ponds, my canoes, my vegetable gardens and fruitbearing trees that I planted. I was left behind empty-handed. I hope that the judge in the Netherlands can force Shell to take the right action. That is where my hope lies, ” says one of the plaintiffs, …
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