Antinuclear

Maralinga Victims: Aboriginal Class Action Proceeding

Aboriginal Victims to Sue British over nuclear tests February 21, 2010 PodOmatic | Podcast – 2SER’s Razors Edge Five aboriginal people affected by nuclear tests at Emu Field in 1953 have begun legal proceedings in the UK for compensation from the British Government.A legal team headed by the Cherie Booth QC – the wife of Tony Blair – has lodged the case, after British soldiers also affected by radiation exposure were granted permission to sue their government last year.The UK carried out seven major atomic bomb tests and hundreds of smaller tests in Australia during the 50’s and 60’s.Neil Gillespie, CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement in South Australia, is calling on any other civilian victims – aboriginal or non-aboriginal – who may be interested in joining the class action.He spoke to 2SER’s Jason Rushton.

PodOmatic | Podcast – 2SER’s Razors Edge – Aboriginal Victims to Sue British over nuclear tests

February 25, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, legal | aboriginal, Australia, Maralinga, nuclear weapons, radioactive