Global Issues Programme Director @Amnesty International. Human rights research + investigations, campaigning and advocacy. Views mine.
Feb 12, 2019 • 40 tweets • 6 min read
1/ A Dutch court today hears the first arguments in an historic case against #Shell, in which the oil giant stands accused of instigating a raft of human rights violations committed by the Nigerian government in the 1990s. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…2/ Esther Kiobel, Victoria Bera, Blessing Eawo and Charity Levula are suing Shell over its role in the unlawful arrest, detention and execution of their husbands by the Nigerian military.