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Shell pays $ 15.5m to settle Ken Saro-Wiwa's case |  |
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to settle a lawsuit over the 1995 murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Nigerian activists. Ken Saro-Wiwa received the Right Livelihood Award in 1994. At this time, he already was in jail.
Shell will pay 15.5 million USD to the plaintiffs, including Ken Saro-Wiwa's family, for their loss and for legal fees. Around $5 million will go into a trust fund intended to benefit the Ogoni people.
The $15.5 million are a striking sum given that the company has denied any wrongdoing, as the New York Times states.
 Read the article in the New York Times
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30th Anniversary Conference to take place in Bonn in 2010 | |
On the occasion of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Right Livelihood Award, all Laureates will convene in Bonn, Germany, in September 2010.
The last Anniversary Conference with more than 70 Laureates took place in Salzburg, Austria, in 2005, and became a huge success.
The event is made possible thanks to the invitation by the City of Bonn, which, in co-operation with the Foundation for Environment and Development North Rhine-Westphalia and the Foundation for International Dialogue of the Savings Bank in Bonn, will host and organise the conference.
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Attention Students & Post-Graduates | |
Please forward this information to anyone interested:
Fellowships for Masters and Doctoral Programmes
The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the Right Livelihood College (RLC) are pleased to announce the launch of the “Alternative Nobel Prize” Fellowships for 2009.
The Fellowships are for Masters and Doctoral programmes at the University Sains Malaysia in Penang, Malaysia, and are open to students coming from any Right Livelihood Award Laureate country. The closing date for the applications is July 31st.
Internship at the Right Livelihood Award Foundation
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation is looking for a public relations assistant for the second half of 2009.
The intern's main task will be support of our web communication, press issues and preparations for the December week, when the 2009 Laureates will be in Stockholm. Please note that the application deadline is June 18th.
