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2003:
China labour leaders 'face death penalty' - Two labour leaders in China who took part in a big demonstration last year could face the death penalty, reports say. (BBC News, 1 Jan. 2003)
2002:
Protest - On behalf of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO-Norway) and its 800.000 members, we would like to ask you kindly to convey to the President of the Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, our profound shock and utmost concern over the death sentence of Amina Lawal - by stoning - when she stop breast feeding her 8 month old child. (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, 22 Aug. 2002)
Drug Companies and Their Role in Aiding Executions [USA] [refers to the following companies as manufacturing, selling and/or distributing those drugs used in lethal injections (drugs that also have legitimate uses): Abbott, Baxter Intl., Wyeth, Gensia Sicor, American Pharmaceutical Partners, AmerisourceBergen, B. Braun Medical, Cardinal Health] (National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty [USA], July 2002)
2000:
Oil For Nothing: Multinational Corporations, Environmental Destruction, Death and Impunity in the Niger Delta (Essential Action and Global Exchange, Jan. 2000)
1999:
The Price of Oil: Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria's Oil Producing Communities (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 1999)
1997:
Running on Empty: Shell in Nigeria (NGO Taskforce on Business and Industry, 1997)
1996:
Shell has human rights rethink (Simon Beavis and Paul Brown, The Guardian [U.K.], 8 Nov. 1996)