Per BBC, Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay $15.5 million ($9.7 million pounds) to settle with families of executed Nigerian environmental activists a week before the case was scheduled to go to court. The oil giant continues to deny any wrongdoing and said the settlement was part of the “process of reconciliation”

The news sent Twitterers into action, with Nigerians tweeting links to the story and human rights activists analyzing the result. Opinions were varied.

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   streetlife (Nigeria) - shell pays ken saro-wiwa’s family $15.5m out of court settlement. http://is.gd/UFm1 09 Jun 2009 from digsby
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   timesofnigeria (Nigeria) Shell Settles Nigerian Rights Case For $15.5 Million Dollars http://bit.ly/iKYyk 09 Jun 2009 from web
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   jfarcand (Prevost, France) #Shell settles for 15.5m in #Nigeria? Only? http://is.gd/U3SU One company added to my boycott list! #Shell, #Nigeria, #Shell! 09 Jun 2009 from web
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   LizEnochs (Undisclosed) Shell agreed to pay $15.5M settlement in Ken Saro-Wiwa torture/killing. It’s something, but hardly just compensation for Nigeria abuses. 08 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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   hofrench (New York, N.Y.) Nigeria’s Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr. wins large settlement from Shell Oil over killing of Ken’s father, in the late ’90s: http://tinyurl.com/qacpkv 08 Jun 2009 from web
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   derechos (USA) Shell settles suit over participating in the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria. Congratulations Earth Rights! 09 Jun 2009 from web
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   keepleftnyc (New York, N.Y.) @ShellGuilty Congratulations! Shell Settles. In Loving Memory Of Ken Saro-Wiwa.”Lord, take my soul, but the struggle continues,” Saro-Wiwa. 09 Jun 2009 from web

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