I would like my research paper to be about Environmental Racism in Nigeria, in the Ogoni region of Nigeria where Shell Petroleum tried to abuse the human rights of citizens few years ago. Shell tried to settle down in this region to take advantages of the natural resources without the consent of the habitants of this region. The company did not care about the environment but was thinking about taking advantage of the region's oil to make profit, not even thinking about sharing the financial gains of the locals. Luckily enough, the citizens of the Ogoni region protected their lands and knew about the richness of their lands and most of them were ecologically educated to oppose the settlement of Shell Petroleum in their region.
One Nigerian activist, Saro-Wiwa stood out of the crowd to fight against the occupation of the foreign company in Ogoni. Shell, in complicity with the Nigerian Military, of course corrupted, set up the execution of Saro-Wiwa and other activists of the region.
Right now, the trial is still taking place and Amy Goodman from Democracynow.org did talk about the Shell Petroleum case one week ago on her show. This is where I got inspired to write about that.
I want this research paper to be for everybody who does not know what is going on in Africa in terms of environmental racism. I want people to open their eyes and see that the corporations we all know here in the U.S. do dirty businesses in third world countries with no shame. I want politicians, activists to read my paper. Why not Barack Obama after all?
Here are a series of link that could be relevant for my research paper:
One Nigerian activist, Saro-Wiwa stood out of the crowd to fight against the occupation of the foreign company in Ogoni. Shell, in complicity with the Nigerian Military, of course corrupted, set up the execution of Saro-Wiwa and other activists of the region.
Right now, the trial is still taking place and Amy Goodman from Democracynow.org did talk about the Shell Petroleum case one week ago on her show. This is where I got inspired to write about that.
I want this research paper to be for everybody who does not know what is going on in Africa in terms of environmental racism. I want people to open their eyes and see that the corporations we all know here in the U.S. do dirty businesses in third world countries with no shame. I want politicians, activists to read my paper. Why not Barack Obama after all?
Here are a series of link that could be relevant for my research paper:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0306-03.htm
"The specific abuses charged in the Ogoni lawsuit rest on allegations that Shell, its Nigerian subsidiary, and John Anderson, the former head of that subsidiary, conspired with the military government to arrest and convict Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of the rights group Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People whose land in the oil-rich Niger Delta remains crisscrossed and badly polluted by oil pipelines and other infrastructure".
This source is helpful because it tells that there was a conspiracy by the government and Shell Petroleum to kill activists of the region.
http://www.earthrights.org/legalpr/lawsuit_against_shell_for_human_rights_violations_in_nigeria_to_proceed.html
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Lawlawsuits/Lawsuitsregulatoryaction/LawsuitsSelectedcases/ChevronlawsuitreNigeria
"Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum, will go on trial in the United States on February 9, 2009 for alleged complicity in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta".
This shows that the trial is still going on up until now and the U.S. is going to decide the fate of this company; this means I can get a lot more info!
http://www.ratical.org/corporations/ShellNigeria.html
" Allegations that the oil multinational Shell aided and abetted the torture and murder of Nigerian activists including the executed writer Ken Saro-Wiwa will be tested by a full jury trial in New York, after the oil company's attempts to have the case thrown out were rejected.
"The specific abuses charged in the Ogoni lawsuit rest on allegations that Shell, its Nigerian subsidiary, and John Anderson, the former head of that subsidiary, conspired with the military government to arrest and convict Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of the rights group Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People whose land in the oil-rich Niger Delta remains crisscrossed and badly polluted by oil pipelines and other infrastructure".
This source is helpful because it tells that there was a conspiracy by the government and Shell Petroleum to kill activists of the region.
http://www.earthrights.org/legalpr/lawsuit_against_shell_for_human_rights_violations_in_nigeria_to_proceed.html
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Lawlawsuits/Lawsuitsregulatoryaction/LawsuitsSelectedcases/ChevronlawsuitreNigeria
"Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum, will go on trial in the United States on February 9, 2009 for alleged complicity in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta".
This shows that the trial is still going on up until now and the U.S. is going to decide the fate of this company; this means I can get a lot more info!
http://www.ratical.org/corporations/ShellNigeria.html
" Allegations that the oil multinational Shell aided and abetted the torture and murder of Nigerian activists including the executed writer Ken Saro-Wiwa will be tested by a full jury trial in New York, after the oil company's attempts to have the case thrown out were rejected.
Shell will also stand accused of orchestrating a series of raids by the Nigerian military on villages in the Ogoni region that left more than 1,000 people dead and 20,000 homeless".
On top of killing activists, they also killed civilians and people were left homeless...what a tragedy!!!This is inhuman!
5 comments:
Wow--it seems like an excellent subject. I'd totally go for it.
You have a terrific experience that leads you up. I hope Obama seees your blog in this time. Once, I read an article which showed children who were working for Diamonds in Africa. It was cruel. I know many developed countries use developing countries for their profits, which is not acceptable. We have a duty that let people know what's happening in the world.
It would be nice research paper. I think you have very specific resource and area that makes your paper more interesting.
I like your topic I believe that here in America people don't realize how much companies ignore other citizens of third world countries human rights just because they have more money. Africa is always an easy target because of government corropution. I hope your paper is read by those who can help create some kind of change. Good luck
Great choice. You have excellent sources and an excellent topic. Since I don't know much of what has been going on there it would sure be nice to learn something new.
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