Supporting Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 9
Bobby Peek | 18.04.2009 17:15
Dear friends,
A landmark human rights trial is opening in a few weeks in U.S. federal court, where oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will answer to charges that it colluded with the Nigerian military to commit egregious human rights abuses, including the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the leader of a human rights and environmental justice movement in the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta. Ken Saro-Wiwa was, was a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize. In solidarity, I'm writing to ask you to support this important campaign for justice and accountability.
A landmark human rights trial is opening in a few weeks in U.S. federal court, where oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will answer to charges that it colluded with the Nigerian military to commit egregious human rights abuses, including the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the leader of a human rights and environmental justice movement in the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta. Ken Saro-Wiwa was, was a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize. In solidarity, I'm writing to ask you to support this important campaign for justice and accountability.
Please watch a short video now about Ken Saro-Wiwa and the case against Shell at 
http://wiwavshell.org/video
Filed over a dozen years ago, Wiwa v. Shell seeks to hold Shell accountable for its complicity in egregious human rights abuses in Nigeria, including murder, torture, and extrajudicial executions, and the destruction of villages throughout the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta. The cases charge Royal Dutch Shell and a key Shell official for complicity with the Nigerian military government in attacks on peaceful protesters and the November 10, 1995 hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other leaders in the nonviolent opposition to Shell’s pattern of human rights abuses and environmental destruction.
Please help bring about justice for Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni people by helping to spread the word. Visit the new campaign website, http://WiwavShell.org, and watch the video at http://WiwavShell.org/video, and then forward this email on to your friends, family, and colleagues.
You can also:
- Post the links on facebook, myspace, Twitter or any other social networking sites you use
- Join "The Case Against Shell” Cause on Facebook at
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/192275/886303 and invite your friends to join.
- Visit www.WiwavShell.org to learn more and find other ways you can support this case.
http://wiwavshell.org/video Filed over a dozen years ago, Wiwa v. Shell seeks to hold Shell accountable for its complicity in egregious human rights abuses in Nigeria, including murder, torture, and extrajudicial executions, and the destruction of villages throughout the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta. The cases charge Royal Dutch Shell and a key Shell official for complicity with the Nigerian military government in attacks on peaceful protesters and the November 10, 1995 hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other leaders in the nonviolent opposition to Shell’s pattern of human rights abuses and environmental destruction.
Please help bring about justice for Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni people by helping to spread the word. Visit the new campaign website,
http://WiwavShell.org, and watch the video at http://WiwavShell.org/video, and then forward this email on to your friends, family, and colleagues. You can also:
- Post the links on facebook, myspace, Twitter or any other social networking sites you use
- Join "The Case Against Shell” Cause on Facebook at
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/192275/886303 and invite your friends to join. - Visit www.WiwavShell.org to learn more and find other ways you can support this case.
Bobby Peek