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Civil society, challenged to act in conflict areas
Written by Tom Fries
The Economist recently wrote on the Sri Lankan conflict and civil society: “keep quiet and carry on”. read more
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The Case Against Shell: ‘The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil’
Written by Mario Wiedemann
A film on the Ogoni people in the Niger delta in Nigeria who protested against environmental destruction and exclusion from the oil funds at the beginning of the 1990s. The Nigerian military bloodily oppressed the protests. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands displaced.
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Environmental Destruction in the Niger Delta
Written by Mario Wiedemann
Blogpost on the role of multinational corporations in the environmental destruction and human rights abuses in the Niger delta in Nigeria. read more
