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Monday, October 03, 2011
Counting the Cost implicates Shell in cases of serious violence in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region from 2000 to 2010. The report uncovers how Shell’s routine payments to armed militants exacerbated conflicts, in one case leading to the destruction of Rumuekpe town where it is estimated that at least 60 people were killed. According to Platform’s report, Shell continues to rely on Nigerian government forces who have perpetrated systematic human rights abuses against local residents, including unlawful killings, torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.
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Iraq - النفط في العراق
Revealing the hidden plans for Iraq's reserves
Former Soviet Union
* Baku Ceyhan Pipeline
* Shell's Sakhalin II
Nigeria
The legacy of 50 years of oil production in the Niger Delta?
London
London's role as a centre for the global oil industry.
Issues
Resource Sovereignty
Who should own and control oil resources? Corporations? Governments? Communities?
Finance & Oil
Who provides the financial fuel that drives Big Oil?
Oil & Poverty
Why do most oil exporting developing countries fail to lift their people out of poverty?