Nigeria/Netherlands: Kiobel witness hearing key chance to hold Shell to account over human rights abuses
(WorldNews Netherlands)

Spokespeople available for interview A witness hearing examining Shell´s role in the execution of nine men in Nigeria in the 1990s is a key opportunity to hold the oil giant to account over its alleged complicity in human rights abuses, Amnesty International said. The Kiobel v Shell case resumes at The Hague on 8 October and will for the first time hear accounts from individuals who accuse Shell of offering them bribes to give fake testimonies that led to the `Ogoni Nine´ - who included Esther Kiobel´s husband - being sentenced to death and executed. For more than twenty years Shell has escaped scrutiny over its role in these tragic events. We applaud the courage and persistence of Esther...