Get the (S)hell out!
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 […]
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Shell – Clean Up Your Mess!
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 […]
Confronting Shell
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 […]
Was Shell complicit in murder?
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 […]
UK: Shell ruling gives green light for corporations to profit from abuses overseas
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 […]
UK: Shell ruling could give green light to corporations for abuses abroad
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 […]
Amnesty Members call on Shell to “Clean it up!”
“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 […]
Write for Rights: Celebrating 20 years of change
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, […]
How to Be a #Write4Rights Social Media Mobilizer
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 […]
I’m with Esther: One Woman vs. Shell
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 […]
10 ways your words are changing lives
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. […]
We ARE Stopping Torture!
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, […]
