Amnesty International, partners demand Shell’s accountability for environmental pollution in Niger Delta
“Shell must answer for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta after internal company documents revealed broken rules, failing infrastructure and unresolved clean-up costs that risk leaving affected communities to pay the price,” read a statement announcing on Wednesday the release of a new report on the environmental impacts and human rights implications of Shell operations in the Niger Delta.
The statement announcing the release of the new report on Wednesday said 27 redacted documents released in April 2026 became public following a suit that the Ogale and Bille communities filed in the UK in 2015 against Shell Plc and its Nigerian subsidiary, SPDC, over serious oil pollution.
Amnesty International and its partners on Wednesday demanded that Shell Plc answer for pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.
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