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Stop corporate abuse in the Niger Delta Dear Activist, Imagine that your community is home to rich natural resources like oil, gold or bauxite. Wouldn't you want to have a say in how corporations who extract those resources operate? If the corporations polluted your local environment, wouldn't you want them to be held accountable? Corporations frequently exploit the weak regulatory systems in many poor countries, making people living in poverty some of the most vulnerable to corporate human rights abuses. Many communities who live in resource rich regions face toxic pollution, putting their health at risk, making their food and drinking water unsafe, and damaging their livelihoods. People living in the oil-producing areas of Nigeria's Niger Delta have seen their human rights undermined by an industry that their government cannot or will not hold to account. Women stand next to an oil wellhead that has been regularly spilling crude oil since 2004 near the community of Ikot Ada Udo inthe Niger Delta © Kadir van Lohuzien / NOOR Amnesty International is highly committed to campaigning for stronger regulation of companies worldwide. We have made the issue of oil pollution in the Niger Delta a priority campaign as a part of our 50th anniversary activities. Over the coming year, we will be campaigning to stop corporate abuse in the Niger Delta. We will urge the Nigerian government and the multinational oil companies to commit to a clean up of polluted areas. The government must also ensure the oil industry is properly held to account and that victims have access to justice. Take action! Tell the President of Nigeria to commit to a clean up operation and effectively regulate the oil industry. We are sure you will join us to protect our people, our community, our environment and our rights! In Solidarity, Online Communities Team Source: 1. Nigeria: Petroleum, pollution and poverty in the Niger Delta 2. India: Don't mine us out of existence: Bauxite mine and refinery devastate lives in India 3. Papua New Guinea: Forced evictions and police brutality around the Porgera gold mine 4. India: 25 years of injustice for the people of Bhopal 5. Trafigura found guilty in toxic waste dumping tragedy Find us on Twitter and Facebook at the Activism Centre.   Amnesty International International Secretariat 1 Easton Street London, WC1X 0DW United Kingdom www.amnesty.org How to Unsubscribe You can unsubscribe from this newsletter at any time. Alternatively, you can also unsubscribe from all amnesty.org newsletters. If you are unable to unsubscribe please send us an email at unsubscribe-oc@amnesty.org.