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Shell must face Friends of the Earth Nigeria claim in Netherlands http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1262272228
A judge in the Netherlands has opened the door to a potential avalanche of legal cases against Shell over environmental degradation said to be caused by its oil operations in the Niger Delta.
The oil group expressed "disappointment" tonight that a court in The Hague had agreed to allow Friends of the Earth Netherlands and four local Nigerian farmers to bring a compensation case in its backyard for the first time... Friends of the Earth claims the oil spills are not accidents but represent a pattern of systematic pollution and contempt for the rights of the local population that had been going on for decades, something denied by the oil group.
Up until now compensation claims have been brought in Nigeria, but many have become bogged down in a congested court system.
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