Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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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 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell charged with complicity in human rights abuses against the Ogoni people of Nigeria. Abuses include: "summary execution, crimes against humanity, torture, inhumane treatment, arbitrary arrest, wrongful death, and assault and battery." Case settled for $15.5 million. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Center for Constitutional Rights, The Guardian | Assault and Battery, Deaths, Killings, Summary Executions, Torture |