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Shell is accused of human rights abuses, including in connection with the 1995 hangings of prominent activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other protesters by Nigeria's then-military government. Shell has denied allegations of involvement.

The protesters, who campaigned nonviolently for a fairer share of Nigeria's oil wealth for the poor and against environmental damage by the industry, had been convicted of murder in a trial that human rights groups labeled a sham.
This trial in U.S. federal court in Manhattan stems from lawsuits filed by relatives of the protesters. They seek unspecified damages from Shell for backing the jailing, torturing and killing of the protesters as well as for polluting the region's air and water...
"Shell was involved in the process that led to my father's execution, they wanted my father out of the way," plaintiff Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr., 40, who is due to testify in the trial, said in an interview. "He stood up for the rights of minority people, he made them stand up for their environmental and human rights, and for that he was executed."
Lawyers for the plaintiffs say evidence in the trial will include documents in which Shell called Saro-Wiwa a threat that should be eliminated.
Extracts from a Reuters report