2024-11-11
26 分钟A historic trial is underway in Sweden. Two European executives of a Swedish oil company are accused of aiding and abetting war crimes in South Sudan. George Tai, whose family was killed in the so-called “oil wars”, hopes the case will set a legal precedent. BBC Eye investigates the legacy of oil in South Sudan: from violence to pollution and asks who should be held responsible?
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My name is joy thay.
I'm 40.
I'm a human lawyer from South Sudan.
What I'm about to share with you now is my history.
It is also history about oil and how it has changed our land in more than one way.
This is a story that spans decades and continents, from Africa to Europe.
Two former executives at a Swedish oil company have gone on trial in Stockholm.
They are accused of complicity in war crimes committed by Sudan's regime between 1999 and 2003.
The investigation itself has went on for over 10 years and it involved hundreds of interviews being conducted by the Swedish war crimes police and prosecution.
The prosecution's investigative report alone is over 80,000 pages.
It's about blood and oil and who should be held responsible.
I'm Stephanie Stafford and this is Poisoned Blood a Life at 50 investigation for the documentary on the BBC World Service.
To understand this story, George's story, I need to take you back to the 1980s, to where he grew up in what is now Unity State in the northern part of South Sudan.
A green area surrounded by swamps and trees and vegetation.
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During dry season, you dry the cow to the grazing areas along the River Nile.