The controversial issue of human rights for corporations took an unexpected turn this week in Britain.
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Big Oil continues to gag the UK press
The BBC has deleted an article about toxic-waste dumping by oil giant Trafigura amidst legal threats, according to Wikileaks, which has a copy of the vanished piece.
leaked Read the damning toxic waste report oil giant Trafigura tried to cover up
Wikileaks has a copy of the “Minton report” — exposing how toxic waste dumping by oil company Trafigura hospitalised thousands in Africa — which the UK media was suppressed from reporting.
Twitter kills the Guardian gag
An oil trading firm’s attempt to gag London’s Guardian newspaper from reporting on toxic waste it dumped in west Africa has been thwarted by a surge of social media outrage.
Africa picks up first world’s mess. Again.
Oil trading company Trafigura will pay compensation to 31,000 people in Ivory Coast after it dumped oil in inhabited areas, causing illness and death. This is just how the rich world treats Africa, says George Monbiot.
REVEALED: Big Oil’s big Africa cover-up
The Guardian exposes a massive cover-up by British oil company Trafigura, with secret emails revealing the company dumped highly toxic waste in Ivory Coast, despite knowing the dangers.
