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Royal Dutch Shell to go to Trial for Complicity in Torture and Murder of Nigerian Protesters |
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Written by EarthRights International
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New York, October 8, 2008 — Yesterday, Judge Kimba Wood of the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York set a trial date of
February 9, 2009 for a human rights and racketeering case against the Royal
Dutch Shell company (Shell) and the head of its Nigerian operation, Brian
Anderson. The case was first filed in 1996. The judge rejected Shell’s attempt
to file additional legal motions to postpone a trial date.
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Ken Saro-Wiwa, Jr., the son of Ken Saro-Wiwa, issued the following statement on
behalf of his family:
The family and all those who have had their human rights abused in
resource bearing communities are humbled and greatly encouraged by this news. It
is a relief that after 12 years we have finally vindicated Ken Saro-Wiwa's
insistence that Shell will one day have its day in court.
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