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Settlement reached, provides $15.5m to compensate the plaintiffs, establish a trust for the benefit of the Ogoni people, and cover some of the legal costs and fees associated with the case.
| EarthRights Burma School students learned about the struggle of the Ogoni people in the face of human rights and environmental abuses perpetuated by Shell and the Nigerian government. Over the holiday break, students were assigned earth rights case studies examining the intersection of development and human rights issues. The Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni Project began when one group presented their findings about human rights and environment issues in the Niger Delta to their Burma School classmates. Following the presentation, the students were able to |  Click here to read this and all the other students' letters |
become more familiar with the Ogoni people’s nonviolent social movement and its powerful leader, Ken Saro-Wiwa, through a presentation on his life by ERI Intern Jenna Hertz, videos of Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni People’s activities, and his writings. The students compared and contrasted the Ogoni’s campaign for freedom and challenges to their own and found both important lessons and great inspiration.
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