Farmers beat the oil giant Shell

Criminal Court in The Hague in the Netherlands civil case, the oil giant Shell took place yesterday, was found guilty for the environmental disaster caused by the Niger Delta'sında. From 2004, four in 2008, due to Shell's Nigerian oil leaking from the oil pipes with fishermen and farmers based in the Netherlands 'Milieudefensie' (World of Friends), five companies were sued by a non-governmental organization. Shell took place yesterday at the hearing, was found guilty of one of the five cases. All leaks in the decision is the result of sabotage, Shell Oruma villages took place in 2004 and 2005 Goi sabotajlarda taken the measures necessary due to these events by specifying the drop-four cases were dropped.

Maymuncukla opened
The court in the village of Ikot Ada Udo sabotajında ​​valves in 2006 and 2007, the firm found guilty of belonging to Shell. According to the findings, "twice maymuncukla simply opened" for valves Shell did not take preventive measures. The Hague is also the case, saying the valve leak before you put easily be protected until 2010, is guilty of Shell decided to take a step in this regard.
Present in court Friday for the village farmers Akpan (52), "I was sure this would not surprise me, because the court made the right decision. I hope that Shell no longer take lessons and learn not to destroy people's living space, "he said. Vice President of Shell Eco-Allard Castelein the amount of compensation to be determined in the subsequent negotiations "we will pay benefits. It lost the case because it was not an operation error saying "the firm said.

Leading case
The world's most venomous as shown in the fourth and the last 50 years, more than 10 million tons of oil leaked delta, can be used for agriculture with a total area of ​​90 thousand square kilometers. The region for more than 30 years of oil and 1 billion dollars for purification is needed. $ 1.8 billion in annual revenue earned against the Netherlands-based Shell drawn attention to the size of the precedent case may be specified. Milieudefensie'nin campaign leader Geert Ritsema "This decision caused by multinational companies, there was hope for everyone affected by environmental pollution. We have lost court cases still open to judicial review, "he said.

'Unstable leave the area unattended'

Milieudefensie organization plays a key role in the case of the decision specifying the reduced charges in a way that is quite an achievement criticized in the following words: "Clearly, our judicial system, on the other hand, damaging the profits of firms on the one hand allows you to provide. Shell court persuaded a few blurry photos and low quality videos shown. Sabotage, even if all the real political and economic stability in the oil giant is not such a big seven thousand kilometers of pipeline in Nigeria can not leave unattended "