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Poison Fire - oil and gas abuse in Nigeria
Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:42:37 -0400

Burning from the Inside
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:07:15 -0400
This feature documentary is an interview with several members of a Nigerian tribe called Ijaw, of which several million are living in the oil-rich region of the Niger Delta. Nigeria is the world’s sixth largest exporter of crude oil, holds the fourth largest reserve of oil and gas and is an important supplier of oil to the US. Since the British left Nigeria in the 1960s the country has been in a state of semi-civil war, wracked by religious conflicts, and its natural resources looted by western companies, as a result of which millions of people have died. The people interviewed in this film have all suffered horrendous violence in their struggle for independence. Some have been on death row, some raped, some kidnapped and even tortured. Off camera they are quite willing to talk but on camera they were too scared because of possible repercussions. Their story still transpires throughout these portraits. The project started in January 2000 and by September 2004, during which time the med

dutch parliamentary hearing3.mpg
Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:21:36 -0500
The management of Shell answers questions from the Economic Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament during the Parliamentary Hearing on Shell’s operation in the Niger Delta at the Dutch Parliament in The Hague, The Netherlands on the 26th January 2011.

Dutch Parliamentary Hearing Part 2.
Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:48:58 -0500
Comrade Sunny Ofehe answers questions from the Economic Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament during the Parliamentary Hearing on Shell’s operation in the Niger Delta at the Dutch Parliament in The Hague, The Netherlands on the 26th January 2011.

Dutch Parliamentary Hearing Part 3
Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:54:25 -0500
iReport — Subby Ofehe answers questions at the hearing

Dutch Parliamentary Hearing part 2
Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:54:18 -0500
iReport — Sunny Ofehe, Founder & President of Hope for Niger Delta Campaign answers questions about the behaviour of the Royal Dutch Shell Group in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

dutch parliamentary hearing2.wmv
Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:38:54 -0500
Sunny Ofehe, Founder & President of Hope for Niger Delta Campaign, answers questions in a Dutch Parliamentary Hearing at The Hage, The Netherlands

DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY HEARING.mpg
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:15:31 -0500
Sunny Ofehe, Hope for Niger Delta Campaign, makes an introduction speech in the Dutch Parliament in The Hague, The Netherlands

Shell Oil: Human rights go up in flames
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:55:08 -0500
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/tag/shell-oil/ Gas flaring happens when oil is pumped out of the ground, producing gas. The gas is separated out and, in Nigeria, is usually burnt as waste. This practice, combined with numerous oil spills, has left communities in the Niger Delta with little option but to drink polluted water, eat contaminated fish, farm on spoiled land and breathe in air that smells of oil and gas. It also makes a mockery of Shells much-flaunted business principles."Shell oil" oil environment "oil spill" "Niger Delta" Nigeria "human rights" water "amnesty international"

Nneka @ Remember KEN SARO-WIWA event in LONDON
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:36:55 -0500
Essay from Nneka ~~ on KEN SARO-WIWA & the NIGER DELTA: Before and since the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa in November 1995 (In 1990, Saro-Wiwa started to dedicate himself to the amelioration of the problems of the oil producing regions of the Niger Delta. Focusing on his homeland, Ogoni, he launched a non-violent movement for social and ecological justice. In this role he attacked the oil companies and the Nigerian government accusing them of waging an ecological war against the Ogoni and precipitating the genocide of the Ogoni people. He was so effective, that by 1993 the oil companies had to pull out of Ogoni. This cost him his life.) the Niger delta has been experiencing political, economic and environmental disenfranchisement. Abject poverty, gas flaring, oil spillage, pollution of farmland and water are what the people get in return. Oil bunkering and general instability in the region compound energy problems abroad, reducing also the supply and driving up the cost of oil in global markets. Neither the government nor the oil companies have adequately addressed environmental problems such as gas flaring and oil spills. The Nigerian government has not provided adequate security to communities in the Niger Delta. With few exceptions, the government has allowed gangs and militias, some of which are funded by local politicians and party officials, to run rampant. Violence between rival gangs—particularly in the aftermath of the 2003 and 2007 elections—has resulted in the deaths ...