A Dutch court has rejected four out of five allegations against Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell over oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. But it found a subsidiary of the firm, Shell Nigeria, responsible for one case of pollution, ordering it to pay compensation to a Nigerian farmer. Shell said it was “happy” with the verdict in the landmark case.
The lawsuit was initiated by four Nigerian farmers and the environmental organisation Friends of the Earth, which says it is “flabbergasted”. The campaign group says it intends to appeal. However, it has welcomed the Dutch court’s ruling that Shell’s subsidiary was liable on one count.
Both the German public afternoon and news program ARD Mittagsmagazin and ARD Tagesshau want to broadcast reportages about the lawsuit.
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