It’s not often that a company’s public relations strategy is laid bare for all to see. It’s very rare that these most sensitive of company documents – the ones that talk of using the dark arts of persuasion - ever see the light of day.
But occasionally it happens. It did with big tobacco when litigation [...]

A week ago, on the eve of a highly embarrassing trial, oil giant Shell was forced to pay out $15.5 million to settle a land-mark legal case that it had been fighting for thirteen years against the family of executed writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Nigerians.
The legal case argued that Shell was complicit in [...]

As the news sinks in of the Shell settlement, emails have been pouring in this morning asking what does it mean for the plaintiffs, the Ogoni and ongoing struggles on human rights and the environment?
People are asking whether this is a victory for the Plaintiffs or a victory for Shell. You would have to argue [...]

The ShellGuilty Campaign:
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL FORCED TO SETTLE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OUT OF COURT
Damning Evidence Reveals Shell’s Complicity with Crimes Against Humanity; Landmark Case Resolved in Favor of Families of Executed Nigerian Environmental Leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and Others After 14 Year Legal Battle
New York– After legal battles lasting nearly fourteen years, oil giant Royal Dutch [...]

Tomorrow is the Shell AGM: the show case of the company’s year. Shell will be under fire from investors over corporate pay, but its record in Nigeria should be the real reason the company is in the spotlight.
In the Hague, the main venue for Shell’s main AGM, the oil company’s top brass will be out [...]