Comments on: Shell agrees to pay for Ken Saro-Wiwa’s death but denies complicity http://sfbayview.com/2009/shell-agrees-to-pay-for-ken-saro-wiwa%e2%80%99s-death-but-denies-complicity/ Black liberation news and views Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ann Garrison http://sfbayview.com/2009/shell-agrees-to-pay-for-ken-saro-wiwa%e2%80%99s-death-but-denies-complicity/comment-page-1/#comment-2782 Ann Garrison Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:20:57 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=5306#comment-2782 Re Shell's settlement in the Ken Saro Wiwa case: Though of course I'm glad to see the families get some restitution, the amount of money rewarded is so insignificant in relation to Shell's profits in Nigeria, that it's hard to see this as any great step towards justice in Nigeria, especially as the violence continues, as in this report from Nigeria on May 29, 2009, Nigeria Oil Violence Forces Thousands from their homes, http://us.oneworld.net/article/363376-new-outbreak-violence-niger-delta Re Shell’s settlement in the Ken Saro Wiwa case:

Though of course I’m glad to see the families get some restitution, the amount of money rewarded is so insignificant in relation to Shell’s profits in Nigeria, that it’s hard to see this as any great step towards justice in Nigeria, especially as the violence continues, as in this report from Nigeria on May 29, 2009,

Nigeria Oil Violence Forces Thousands from their homes, http://us.oneworld.net/article/363376-new-outbreak-violence-niger-delta

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