By Savio Carvalho, Director of Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Programme, writing from Rio de Janeiro (Follow him on Twitter – @SavioConnects) Late into one of the negotiation sessions at the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development, references to “freedom of speech … Continue reading
Bold, ambitious action needed from leaders at Rio+20
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Conflicts of interest and exclusion in Niger Delta oil spill investigation and clean-up
By Audrey Gaughran, Amnesty International’s Director of Global Thematic Issues, Madhu Malhotra, Director of Amnesty International’s Gender, Sexuality and Identity Programme, and Oluwatosin Popoola, Amnesty International’s researcher on Nigeria. We have just come back from the Niger Delta, where we … Continue reading
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Profiting from misery in Katanga
By Audrey Gaughran, Director of Global Issues at Amnesty International I have just left Katanga in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where my colleague Lisa Tassi and I were following up on Amnesty International’s work on mining and … Continue reading
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Oil theft in the Niger Delta doesn’t explain all the oil spills
By Audrey Gaughran, Director of Global Thematic Issues at Amnesty International There are currently two competing narratives about oil pollution in the Niger Delta. The first is that oil companies, particularly Shell, are responsible for massive pollution caused by leaks … Continue reading
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Burden of proof: Niger Delta communities learn the ropes of oil spill monitoring
By Joe Westby, Corporate Campaigner, Amnesty International; and Onyekachi Okoro, Media for Justice Programme, Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) “People are dying silently. The oil companies bring sickness to our communities”, a man from a polluted community … Continue reading
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