Amnesty wants you to join a chat TODAY with Shell over human rights violation in Niger Delta

Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 23, 2009 2:21 AM |
Ben from Amnesty sez,

Amnesty recently released a report (PDF) focusing on Shell's human rights violations in the Niger Delta In response, a few hundred of our activists used Twitter to send a message to @shelldotcom, asking them to schedule a 'Shell Dialogues' (their online chats around particular issues) about Nigeria. They responded fairly quickly, and scheduled the chat for 2pm UK (9AM Eastern, 6AM Pacific) today (Thursday).

We are asking people to simultaneously join in with Shell's heavily moderated 'chat' on shelldialogues.com and our chat. We're gathering people's questions to hold Shell to account on the issues highlighted.

Challenge Shell in a live web chat (Thanks, Ben!)
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#1 posted by ADavies, July 23, 2009 4:02 AM

Can't make the chat. Am at work all day you know. (Just checking BB on my lunch break.) Posted a question though.

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#2 posted by Sef, July 23, 2009 6:08 AM

We know all about shell's human rights record here in Ireland. Shell is the major stakeholder in the development of an extremely controversial gas pipe line off the West Coast of Ireland. The major aspects of the controversy are:

(1) Serious safety concerns about the experimentally high pressures running through a pipeline built on boggy ground within 75 yards of peoples homes

(2) Environmental concerns about the destruction of habitats around Erris Head and the livelihoods of local fishers

(3) Corruption in the planning and regulation of the development

(4) The fact that shell was effectively given the gas by the government to sell back to the country at international market rates without fear of even paying taxes on the profits

There has been a massive ongoing protest movement that has been brutally policed by the state and by Shell's private security. Shell has been employing fascists from Eastern Europe to work as private security at their development site and engage in paramilitary actions. For examples of this paramilitary activity see:

The boarding and sinking of this protesters fishing vessel by masked men:

https://www.indymedia.ie/article/92657

The links between the Shell development in Erris and an attempted coup in Bolivia:

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/92865

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#3 posted by Anonymous, July 23, 2009 6:35 AM

im glad this is happening,im a niger deltan(bayelsan),these multinationals,and fg of Nigeria have absolutely no respect for the people of the country especially of Niger Deltans,i don't advocate violence of any kind like MEND is using now,sadly thats what our FG and these multinationals understand,you can stage a peaceful protest from today till kingdom come,they'll either ignore you or send the military to kill you or burn your village,and they are so many corrupt and dumb people in high office who are heavily invested in the oil industry who have no interest in seeing peace in thee region,and oh yeah,they are being aided by the British govt,pledging to send their military to protect oil pipelines,fuckers!!!!

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