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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