Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Beatings & Violence(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/03/2003 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Communities protest over torment and harassment by soldiers guarding Shell facilities. | Nigeria | Vanguard, GPF | Beatings & Violence | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 09/11/2004 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Eni) | 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 | |
| 04/02/2005 | (Chevron) | Protesters at Chevron's facility attacked by Nigerian Joint Task Force; 1 death; 30 injured. | Ugborodo, Delta, Nigeria | Amnesty International | Beatings & Violence, Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Killings | |
| 04/01/1999 | Chevron | Two villages are attacked by Nigerian soldiers using helicopters and boats allegedly leased and/or owned by Chevron - number of villagers killed and injured. Chevron cleared from responsibility by US court. | Opia & Ikenyan, Nigeria | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Beatings & Violence, Injuries & Diseases, Killings, Summary Executions, Terrorism, Torture | |
| 01/06/2001 - 01/01/1989 | Exxon Mobil | Allegations of knowing assistance to human rights violations including torture, rape, and murder by employing and providing material support to Indonesian military forces, who committed the alleged offenses during civil unrest. | Aceh, Indonesia | Business & Human Rights Resource Center, The New York Times | Beatings & Violence, Killings, Terrorism, Torture | |
| 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 | |
| 31/12/1997 - 01/01/1995 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Construction of BP's OCENSA pipeline causes soil erosion, spoiled crops and fish ponds being starved of water, destroying livelihoods. BP also allegedly benefited from the activities of paramilitaries employed to guard the pipeline, who intimidated the local population, obstructed farming and suppressed legitimate opposition to the pipeline - millions of £ in out-of-court settlement. | Colombia | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Beatings & Violence, Death Threats, Pollution | |
| 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 |