Pastor Christian Lekoya Kpandei contemplates the damage done to
his fish farm in Bodo, Nigeria, May 2011© AI The failure by the
oil industry to properly clean up oil spills and other pollution
in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria exacerbates human suffering
and environmental damage, and leaves people exposed to sustained
violations of their economic, social and cultural rights. The
two major oil spills which occurred in 2008 in Bodo, in the
Ogoniland region of the Niger Delta, continued for weeks before
they were stopped – more than three years later Shell has still
not cleaned up the pollution. In August 2011, the UN Environment
Programme (UNEP) found that Shell has failed to effectively
clean up oil pollution in Ogoniland for years. While significant
responsibility for human rights abuses in the Niger Delta rests
with the Nigerian Government, UNEP’s findings make clear that
substantial responsibility also rests with Shell. Sign the
petition to Shell’s Chief Executive demanding that the company
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