Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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31/12/2010 - 01/01/2000 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Field study accuses Shell of fueling death and violence in Nigeria by paying rival militant gangs. | Nigeria | Platform | Beatings & Violence, Deaths | |
05/09/2008 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ) demanded a written apology from Shell over alleged role in arrest and detention of about 15 journalists. | Delta State, Nigeria | allAfrica | Beatings & Violence | |
09/11/2004 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Amnesty documents clean-up failures after oil spills, threats of violence and incidents of violent assaults on local community relating to oil companies. | Niger Delta, Nigeria | Amnesty International | Beatings & Violence, Death Threats, Pollution | |
13/09/2004 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell stationed paramilitary police (nicknamed "kill and go") to deal with community violent conflict, over clean-up dispute. | Ogoni, Nigeria | Financial Times | Beatings & Violence, Pollution | |
11/06/2004 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell admitted it fed community conflict, poverty and corruption through its oil activities. | Nigeria | BBC | Beatings & Violence, Bribing & Corruption | |
11/03/2003 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Communities protest over torment and harassment by soldiers guarding Shell facilities. | Nigeria | Vanguard, GPF | Beatings & Violence | |
12/08/2002 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Locals blame oil companies over violent encounter with security agents; 800 protesters injured; 15 women missing. | Warri, Nigeria | Vanguard, allAfrica | Abduction & Kidnap, Beatings & Violence, Injuries & Diseases | |
13/08/2001 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Youth shot dead during clashes between community members and Shell security. | Bayelsa, Nigeria | allAfrica, This Day | Beatings & Violence, Deaths, Killings | |
31/12/1995 - 01/01/1995 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Released documents show Shell paid Nigerian military to stop protest movements over its pollution. Protests were violently suppressed, with reported life losses. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | The Guardian | Beatings & Violence, Deaths, Killings | |
10/11/1995 - 01/05/1993 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Confidential internal documents reveal that Shell provided logistical support to Nigerian police and military, aided security sweeps, and enlisted the assistance of Nigeria's brutal military government to deal with protesters fueling death and violence. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Independent | Beatings & Violence, Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Lobbying, Oppressive Regimes |