No justice for Hereros

Hartwin Gebhardt Hartwin.Gebhardt at eqos.com
Mon Sep 13 03:23:07 CDT 1999


>  The international court of justice in Den Haag refuses to 
> open up an indemnity 
>  lawsuit against the German government in the name of the 
> Hereros ( - I read in 
>  today's FAZ). The court declared that only states could 
> bring an action there. 

Like the 777 billion dollar slavery/colonialism lawsuit, it was/is doomed to
fail - but the more people shout and scream about it, the better. Might even
make the mainstream press at some stage, though I doubt it. If Britain can
still get away with delivering aircraft to Indonesia this week, the past
will get away with itself....

hag



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