Odioma
Odioma is a village near Bayelsa , Nigeria .
According to Amnesty International , on February 19, 2005, a joint task force raided the community of Odioma. She killed at least seventeen people and raped two women. Eighty percent of the village was destroyed in the raid. To date, according to Amnesty, there has been no independent investigation into these incidents. Those responsible have not been held accountable.
In February 2005 Shell began producing oil in the recently developed swamps in Odioma, 80 kilometers southwest of Port Harcourt . The rebel group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has been fighting for control of the indigenous minorities over the Niger Delta since the beginning of 2006. The largest minority in the Niger Delta is the Ijaw people , many members of the tribe are rebellious and try to defend themselves against their exploitation. Like many other minorities, they successfully hide in the mangrove swamps.
See also
Web links
- amnesty.org - Nigerian Oil - Fuel For Crime (Press Release November 2005)
- amnesty.org - Business and Human Rights (English)
- amnesty.org - Oil in the Niger Delta: threatens lives , article and additional photograph of the place Odioma after the destruction
- unitedijawstates.com - Cry Ijawnation , Ijaw's report on Odioma and the event
- nytimes.com - Photograph of the village after the destruction
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- ↑ Amnesty International: Nigeria / 10th anniversary of the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, press release, Nigerian oil - fuel for crime , see also archived copy ( memento of the original from February 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Article by Jochen Stahnke: Nigeria (Niger Delta) (Armed Conflict) ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 4 ° 20 ' N , 6 ° 26' E