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Court orders Tate to disclose BP sponsorship figures, campaigners celebrate legal victory
Press release: Court orders Tate to disclose BP sponsorship figures, campaigners celebrate legal victory Contact: Anna Galkina / anna@platformlondon.org / @platformlondon Images available (1) Information Tribunal gives Tate 35 days to disclose sums of BP sponsorship from 1990-2006 Tate argued in court that disclosure of internal decision-making details would cause further protests and so…
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EBRD plan Azerbaijan loan as regime’s fiercest critic is imprisoned
One of the most famous critics of the Aliyev regime has been imprisoned in Baku. Khadija Ismayilova, an award winning investigative journalist was arrested for ‘inciting suicide’. If found guilty she faces up to seven years in prison. Ismayilova has spent years uncovering corruption in Azerbaijan, which she has traced all the way up to…
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Bill McKibben slams Shell sponsorship at Chatham House keynote on climate
More images available on request Contact: anna@platformlondon.org — @platformlondon Speaking at the annual Chatham House climate change conference, keynote speaker Bill McKibben of 350.org said: I didn’t know Shell was sponsoring this conference when I agreed to do it, but I’m glad for the chance to say in public that Shell is among the most…
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Tate fears that “protests might intensify” over BP sponsorship
Richard Aydon, the Tate head of legal yesterday admitted in a tribunal that Tate fears that “protests might intensify” as a result of potential revelations about its controversial sponsorship relationship with BP. The statement was made when Aydon was acting as a witness before the Information Tribunal where Tate was appealing against a March ruling…
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Tate’s BP sponsorship disclosure on trial at Information Tribunal
Tate is to appear before the Information Tribunal on Thursday 18 September in the culmination of an almost three-year long legal battle over its refusal to disclose information surrounding its controversial sponsorship relationship with oil company BP. Tate has been subject to long-standing Freedom of Information requests regarding both the amount of money it had…
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Azerbaijan political prisoners list published with report’s authors on it
Press release by Bankwatch, Counter Balance and Platform For immediate release: August 19 Azerbaijan political prisoners list published with report’s authors on it London — Human rights activists in Azerbaijan published yesterday a list of 98 people (1) who are currently political prisoners in the country run by the authoritarian regime of Ilham Aliyev. Ironically,…
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Nigerian Government and Shell continue to ignore horrendous pollution in Niger Delta
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL; CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS ACTION; FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE; PLATFORM Abuja/Amsterdam/Brussels/London, August 4, 2014 – The systemic failure of the Nigerian government and oil giant Shell to clean up the horrendous oil pollution in the Niger Delta has been branded “shameful” by a group of Nigerian and…
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Shell CEO given Nigeria ‘to do list’ at memorial outside shareholder meeting on 20th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s arrest
Activists from oil-industry watch dog Platform this morning delivered an out-sized ‘to do list’ to Shell’s new CEO Ben van Beurden at its shareholder meeting in London, while young people read out Ken Saro-Wiwa’s final poems. The four-foot-high ‘to do list’ sets out what Shell needs to do to address its legacy of five decades…
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Extent of oil money in the arts revealed by new research and infographic
Oil money only ‘tiny sliver’ in comparison to overall incomes New research from oil industry watchdog Platform today has revealed how small the amount of oil money going into UK arts institutions compared to their overall budgets. At the end of 2011, BP announced a £10 million sponsorship deal for four of London’s flagship cultural…
