SHELL SETTLES

2010-02-26T19:37:10Z

<div><h1> SHELL SETTLES </h1><p>"A compassionate payment." That's what Royal Dutch Shell called the $15.5 million it agreed to pay to settle a case brought in a New York court over the hanging of activist Ke...

Nigeria victims hail $15.5 mln Shell payout

2010-02-26T23:40:14Z

<div><p>Victims of murder, torture and other abuses by Nigeria's former military government hailed Tuesday a landmark out-of-court settlement with Royal Dutch Shell over its alleged complicity in the crimes.</p><p>Shell agreed Monday in New York to pay out 15.5 million dollar...

Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M

2010-02-27T00:07:06Z

<div id="subtitle">Shell pays $15.5M to settle claims it supported the 1995 executions of Nigerian activists</div><div><p>Royal Dutch Shell agreed to a $15.5 million settlement Monday to end a lawsuit alleging that the oil giant was complicit in the executions of activist Royal Dutch Shell is preparing for a federal trial this summer where it would face allegations that it played a role in the executions of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other civilians by

Shell human rights trial hearing set for Monday

2010-02-27T04:15:44Z

<div><p>A hearing is scheduled for Monday on a landmark human rights trial against oil giant Shell that was delayed just ahead of its start date earlier this week, a federal judge has ruled.</p><p>Jury selection in the trial over Shell's record in Nigeria had been meant to begin in New York on Wednesday, but was delayed the day before without expla...

Landmark human rights trial against Shell delayed: plaintiffs

2010-02-27T05:34:23Z

<div><p>A potentially landmark human rights trial against oil giant Shell's record in Nigeria was put on hold Tuesday, one day before it was due to begin, the plaintiffs said.</p><p>The trial "has been delayed. The case had been previously scheduled to begin tomorrow, May 27, 2009 in the Southern District of New York," said a statement issued by th...

Shell's N.Y. trial over Nigerian deaths delayed

2010-02-27T05:38:22Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A civil trial over the alleged involvement of giant oil producer Royal Dutch Shell Plc in the executions of protesters in Nigeria in the 1990s has been delayed until next week, a court clerk said on Tuesday.</p><p>Jury selection ...

Shell Nigeria

2009-05-06T08:49:32Z

Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr., son of playwright and oil industry opponent Ken Saro-Wiwa, is photographed during an interview with the Associated Press, Monday, May 4, 2009 in New York. Saro-Wiwa's father and eight others oil industry opponents were executed on Nov. 10, 1995, after a military tribunal convicted them on what were wi...

Late Nigerian activist's son to see Shell in court

2010-02-27T15:33:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Son of late Nigerian activist fulfills his father's prediction of taking Shell to court</div><div><p>Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr. has been fighting for more than 13 years to make his late father's prediction come true.</p><p>It will happen this month when relatives of victims of the Nigerian government'...

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