Back home after the #Kiobel witness hearing and feeling very inspired by the strength and courage of @realkiobel. She is the woman who took Shell to court for what she says was Shell’s role in the execution of her husband. Read her story here amnesty.org/en/latest/camp…
@realkiobel@GaryJMarshall90@amnesty documented that @Shell knew that the Nigerian security forces committed grave violations when addressing community protests. Despite this, Shell encouraged intervention by the Nigerian authorities in order to deal with protests by MOSOP amnesty.org/download/Docum…
Every time I meet Esther during a hearing, she wears the picture of her late husband as a pin attached to her heart. These are Esther and Dr Kiobel
@amnesty supported Esther #Kiobel’s legal team to bring the case to The Netherlands in 2017 and detailed @Shell’s role in the arrest and execution of the Ogoni 9 in a briefing, in the Dock amnesty.org/en/documents/a…
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Tomorrow a Dutch court will examine the merits of a landmark case brought by @realkiobel and three other women with regard to what they claim was Shell’s involvement in the unlawful arrest, torture and execution of their husbands by the Nigerian military @channasamkalden@tmdboer
Esther’s late husband, Dr Barinem Kiobel, was hanged in 1995 by the Nigerian government along with the writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other seven men, collectively known as the Ogoni Nine.
Afternoon session happening now with pioneering experts of #sexworkinindia: Rohit De (Yale University), Anuja Agrawal (Delhi School of Economics), Navaneetha Mokkil (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Durba Mitra (Harvard University). @LawsOfSocialRep@pkotiswaran@NatarajShakthi
How much do you know about the intersections of caste identity & sex work in India? Check these incredible resources to learn about that: "Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought" by Durba Mitra @LawsOfSocialRep#sexworkinindia
as well as "Unruly Figures" by Navaneetha Mokkil and "Chaste wives and Prostitute Sisters" by Anuja Agrawal @LawsOfSocialRep#sexworkerresilience
She is joined by Kiran Deshmukh, President of @NNSWIndia, discussing her activism & dedication to empower women in sex work to articulate & assert their full range of rights as well as protect themselves from HIV. Happening now during virtual workshop by @LawsOfSocialRep
...and by Kusum, President of the All India Network of Sex Workers (AINSW), a membership-based network of sex workers organizations that assists others with legal rights, health issues and social security across India #sexworkinindia#sexworkerresilience
2/ This means that the UK must state, clearly and publicly, the consequences that will result if Israel proceeds with its illegal annexation plans.
3/ Annexation – the acquisition of territory by force – is forbidden by the UN Charter. Yet the Israeli government is soon to begin the de jure annexation of parts of the West Bank – formalising its existing de facto annexation of illegally occupied areas.
I say #NoToAnnexation of settlements in Palestine because as a former Ecumenical Accompanier with @EAPPI I’ve witnessed the devastating impact of military occupation in Palestine that will be made permanent through annexation. Settlements are illegal and should not be normalized.
I say NO to the Israeli government’s plans to annex large parts of occupied Palestine because it violates international law and would make permanent 53 years of occupation that has perpetuated devastating human rights violations like the ones I witnessed in Hebron.
I witnessed children having to navigate their way to school through checkpoints/past heavily armed soldiers/past settlements and settlement outpost, facing the daily uncertainty of not knowing whether they will arrive without problems like harassment, physical violence or arrest
1/ Happening now: the UK Supreme Court is hearing the case of the Ogale and Bille Communities in the Niger Delta against @Shell. The communities argue that they have been severely affected by years of oil spills from #Shell's pipelines bit.ly/2Cy3Q0m@dleader3
2/ #Shell’s operations have devasted the environment of the Niger Delta and the life of its citizens. The effects of its operations have been widely documented, including by UNEP in 2011, which recommended an urgent clean-up, and by @amnesty. @leighdayintlbit.ly/3hRPt7a