[Canada] Support Bill C-300 - Activist being intimidated, jailed or even killed for asking BP or the USA to do more!

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Jun 21 - 12:51am 

   [Themes:  | Canada & Quebec | El Salvador | Guatemala | Niger | USA | •Activ. & Actions | •Democracy | ::Justice & Human Rights:: ]

Photo Credit: Forced eviction leaves Maya Q’eqchi’ elder homeless in eastern Guatemala. January 2007 Copyright: James Rodriguez/MiMundo

June 17, 2010
Today, international headlines are occupied with the news of the environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico– with inevitable comparisons made to the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989.

What’s less well known is that this amount of oil is spilt every year in Africa’s Niger Delta* – one of the ten most important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems in the world.

What’s worse is that the spill in Nigeria is happening next to people’s homes and water and food sources, without anywhere near adequate clean up.

Imagine an environmental activist being intimidated, jailed or even killed for asking British Petroleum or the US Administration to do more to prevent this kind of environmental disaster.