Stories and News No. 1303 An imaginary, albeit plausible, excerpt from the desirable trial against the oil multinational Shell in the High Court in London: Yes, Your Honor, we are from Nigeria. Everyone, that's right. How many are we? At a guess about 14,000. Exactly? Look, sir, today we are exactly 13562. Yes, I know, we are many, that is true, but we could have been many more, to be honest, and this is an essential part of the problem. That is, the crime. What do I mean? I'll get there, Your Honor, give me a moment, I won't take up too much of your time. To be honest, I won't steal anything from you, we're not the criminals and in this diatribe, I can speak for everyone else, present or not. What crime, Your Honor? Well, this is a complex aspect, because we could dedicate much more than a single trial to it, but I will try to simplify it, since it is already an unexpected success to have come this far. The law is the same for everyone, you say? If it were, You...
by Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher