As I've stated, the burden on proof lies with the one that made the claim. If you think I'm going to go searching the web to support someone else's argument then you're fucked in the head. One more thing, you're attempting to show one case to prove that oil companies are evil (commiting rape, genocide, murder, pillaging etc.....). Note "companies" is plural, shall I define "plural" for you?
What a wondrous little world you've created for yourself, whereby you can refuse to use Google and learn about a topic everyone but Fox News disciples is clued in on.
Then, if it's provided for you, invariably you can punt to "the L.A. Times? that liberal rag?"
Shell is part of Big Oil. I didn't say anything about rape or genocide. But they have a long track record of pollution, human rights violations, and slimey propaganda initiatives to get what they want.
Here's your link. Not that you'll actually read it.
Business & Human Rights : Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria)
The plaintiffs allege that the Nigerian military government and security forces committed human rights violations, including torture and summary execution of MOSOP members, to suppress MOSOP’s activities and that Royal Dutch/Shell was complicit in the commission of these abuses. The plaintiffs won several pre-trial rulings, including on motions by the defendants to dismiss the case.
In early June 2009, the parties announced that they had agreed to a settlement in the case for $15.5 million.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20exxon.html
A federal jury on Monday found Exxon Mobil liable for contaminating groundwater in New York City and awarded the city $104.7 million in compensatory damages.
The city had sought $250 million in damages to finance construction of a treatment plant to make the water in five wells in southeastern Queens drinkable. But lawyers for the city called the jury’s decision a “total victory” for their side.