Chevron and Human Rights Abuses

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New Document Alleges Tie Between Chevron and Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria

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Identified in the discovery phase of a case proceeding at state and federal

levels, the invoice and receipt indicate Chevron paid Nigerian soldiers for

services on a day several villagers were allegedly killed (part one of a

two-part article.)

 

News from SocialFunds.com -- Timi Okoru was fishing with her children in a small

boat in the village of Opia, Nigeria on January 4, 1999 when Nigerian soldiers

opened fire, killing her. Two lawsuits allege that Chevron paid the soldiers,

and that the soldiers used Chevron-owned and -operated sea trucks and

helicopters in incidents in Opia as well as in the neighboring village of

Ikenyan later that same day and on the Parabe oil drilling platform a half year

earlier. The lawsuits--one in California state court and another in federal

court--are being brought against Chevron by Nigerian residents represented by

EarthRights International (ERI), a nonprofit promoting legal protection for

human rights, and other lawyers.

 

ERI recently posted on its website an invoice and receipt that may tie this and

other deaths in Nigeria to Chevron, raising investor concerns about the

company's human rights record. The concern is heightened by the implications of

Chevron's acquisition of Unocal (UCL), a company ensconced in similar

controversy over human rights abuses on the Yadana pipeline in Myanmar (also

known as Burma.)

 

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