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Still no closure for Fiji nuclear test victims

Still no closure for Fiji nuclear test victims ABD Radio Australia Jun 25, 2009

Fijian servicemen and their families who were affected by British nuclear tests in the fifties and sixties have been fighting for compensation from the British Government, and court ruling on Friday seems to have still brought no conclusion. Two hundred and eighty nine Fijian servicemen – along with Australian and New Zealanders – took part in the program on Christmas island. The majority of Fijians have since died after years of sickness – many of their children and grandchildren also suffer a variety of illnesses. …………..Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Neil Sampson from the British legal firm Rosenblatt

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Still no closure for Fiji nuclear test victims

June 26, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | OCEANIA, weapons and war | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, radioactive