<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:amit.singh.ankhi@gmail.com">amit.singh.ankhi@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 23, 2023 at 12:45 PM<br>Subject: Verdict of the People’s Health Tribunal of Shell and Total in Africa<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:Foodandnutrition@phmovement.org">Foodandnutrition@phmovement.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear ,</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-9045667053206615311gmail-docs-internal-guid-711c8e5d-7fff-08f8-ebc8-d6351d77e451"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope this message finds you well and full of determination. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As you may know, the People's Health Tribunal convened on Saturday 13th May. Communities across the globe came together to hear testimonies from those facing the brutal human and environmental right violations of Total and Shell. Last week, </span><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/18/headlines/climate_activists_at_africa_energies_summit_in_london_demand_end_to_fossil_fuel_projects" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DemocracyNow! covered our disruption of the African Energy Summit</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> as we brought the voices of the testimonies, from Niger Delta to South Africa, directly to these oil companies</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Through a comprehensive evaluation of these testimonies, an international judging panel of environmental justice movement leaders, including Nnimmo Bassey, Jacqueline Patterson, Dimah Mahmoud and Kanahus Manuel, have released their verdict. The judges unequivocally declared Shell and Total’s operations in Africa guilty of perpetrating activities that are </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"extremely harmful to the livelihoods, health, right to shelter, quality of life, right to live in dignity, quality of environment, right to live free of discrimination and oppression, right to clean water, and right to self-determination of the impacted communities."</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> The verdict also finds the companies’ actions </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">amount to effective genocide and ecocide. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span id="m_-9045667053206615311gmail-docs-internal-guid-85fbf0f7-7fff-180a-ab73-4cbae3d98158"><a href="https://peopleshealthhearing.org/verdict/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can read the full verdict here</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">!</span></a></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The demands of the verdict target these companies, relevant governments, multilateral institutions and also recommendations for movements. We </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">demand the implementation of full reparative justice</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for these communities, including:</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Compensation for affected persons and clean-up of toxified ecosystems;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The restoration of land rights and an end to the criminalisation of land defenders;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An end to new exploitation and the phase out of existing fossil fuel infrastructure;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reparations for the climate crisis;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The initiation of proceedings under the international criminal court. </span></p></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="m_-9045667053206615311gmail-docs-internal-guid-1454759f-7fff-21bd-cb2c-1c70c265f34d"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please share the verdict on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/phm_uk/status/1660945305112592386?s=20" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">twitter</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Standing in solidarity with communities across the globe who are courageously resisting the oppressive violence perpetuated by Shell, a coalition of Climate Justice groups has assembled at Shell’s London headquarters today to confront Shell’s shareholders in its Annual General Assembly. Read our statement regarding the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shell AGM </span><a href="https://peopleshealthhearing.org/shell-agm/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are ensuring that the People's Verdict is delivered directly to Shell.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Within the assembly, protestors are successfully disrupting proceedings, amplifying Shell's egregious human rights abuses and their significant contributions to the ever-worsening climate crisis. Beyond the confines of the AGM, powerful testimonies from individuals directly impacted by Shell's projects are being shared, underscoring the immense harm inflicted on both people and ecosystems in Nigeria and South Africa through their destructive oil extraction practices. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We invite  to follow along on this protest through PHM social media, and to amplify the demands within the verdict across your networks. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will be releasing the verdict in other languages later this week. Should you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In solidarity,</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Amiteshwar Singh</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Peoples Health Tribunal Collective</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p></div></div></div>

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