The Hague District Court has passed a final judgment today in a case brought against Shell Group companies. The claimants are the widows of four of the nine men, the Ogoni 9, who were sentenced to death in Nigeria in 1995. The widows were allowed to submit proof for their allegation that (link invoegen: Weduwen moeten omkoping getuigen door SPDC bewijzen (rechtspraak.nl) the SPDC, a Nigerian operating company of the Shell Group, was involved in witness bribery. The claimants alleged that the statements of the bribed witnesses had played a role in the sentencing and/or arrest and detention of their husbands. The court has concluded that they have failed to produce the requisite evidence.