Amnesty International stated on Thursday that the oil company Shell bears responsibility for cleaning up and remedying historic oil pollution in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, despite the company’s divestment of its Nigerian subsidiary.

The organization’s statement follows a letter sent two months ago by seven UN Rapporteurs on Human Rights to Shell and other oil companies, as well as the governments of the companies’ home countries, regarding the businesses’ human rights obligations towards populations suffering from pollution caused by their activities in their homelands.

Amnesty International Nigeria’s Director, Isa Sanusi, urged:

We call on Shell and other oil companies to responsibly divest themselves of assets and operations in a way that respects human rights and the environme

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