This is part 5 of 6 of the blog series: 25 years working for human rights in the Niger Delta Written by Amnesty’s Business and Human Rights volunteer, Ian Heide Confronting Shell Oil … Again! Three years after the ground-breaking report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...

This is part 4 of 6 of the blog series: 25 years working for human rights in the Niger Delta Written by Amnesty’s Businses and Human Rights volunteer, Ian Heide United Nations Confirms Massive Pollution In 2011-2012, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) confirmed the massive...

This is part 3 of 6 of the blog series: 25 years working for human rights in the Niger Delta Written by Amnesty’s Businses and Human Rights volunteer, Ian Heide Throughout the years, Amnesty International has continued to put pressure on Shell Oil for the company’s role in the Niger...

Oil giant Shell has a case to answer for its role in human rights violations including murder, rape and torture committed by the Nigerian military government in the 1990s. The victims were the Ogoni people, whose land has been devastated by pollution from Shell’s operations. When the Ogonis...

A UK High Court ruling that two Niger Delta communities devastated by oil spills cannot have their claims against Shell heard in the UK could rob them of justice and allow UK multinationals to commit abuses overseas with impunity, Amnesty International said today. The High Court ruled today that...

On Thursday 26 January the UK High Court will rule on whether two Niger Delta communities whose environment and livelihoods were destroyed by oil spills can have their claims against Shell heard in the UK. The case could set a precedent for holding other UK-based multinationals to account for...

“We need more chairs!” was the urgent cry as guests filled our gathering space on Bloor Street in Toronto. More than 60 people came to learn about Shell’s destructive activity in the Niger Delta. For over 50 years, the company has polluted fishponds, destroyed mangroves, displaced...

A slam poet imprisoned in Myanmar, an NGO worker arrested in Burundi, Pride protestors detained in Turkey, a sixteen-year-old sentenced to death in Nigeria. All these people faced terrible injustices, and all are now free – a handful of the hundreds of lives changed by the Write for Rights...

Can writing letters actually change things? We know it can. That’s why we run the biggest human rights event in the world every year.  Write for Rights 2021 is fast approaching – and we’re excited to have you on board. If you haven’t already, sign up at www.writeathon.ca...

Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil companies, in a final fight for justice over her husband’s killing. She’s pursued the company for 22 years, accusing Shell of colluding in her husband’s 1995 execution. Esther is taking Shell to court in the...

As we get ready for Write for Rights 2015, our global letter-writing marathon, we look at how your words and ongoing campaigning made change happen after the 2014 campaign.     Moses Akatugba, Nigeria. © HURSDEF 1. Freedom in Nigeria The Governor of Delta State responded to pressure from...

One year ago, Amnesty International launched a global campaign to Stop Torture. And it’s working. We have shone a light on torture taking place in Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Uzbekistan. In each of these countries we have campaigned alongside families of torture survivors and...