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Workers continue bid for nuclear test compensation

Workers continue bid for nuclear test compensation Radio New Zealand News 7 June 2009French Polynesians who have had their claims for compensation for the effects of nuclear testing rejected say they will not give up their bid for redress.France carried many nuclear tests in French Polynesia from 1960 until 1996, and its government has said it will compensate the victims.Campaigner John Doom says eight people who took their cases for compensation to French Polynesia’s industrial relations tribunal have been unsuccessful.He says the three surviving workers have leukaemia, and they and five widows will consult with lawyers over how to continue.Aid group Christian World Service has been campaigning for the former workers and says it is extremely disappointed by the decision but will continue its efforts.

Radio New Zealand News : Stories : 2009 : 06 : 27 : Workers continue bid for nuclear test compensation

June 26, 2009 - Posted by | indigenous issues, OCEANIA | , , ,

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