France Test Nuclear Bombs In Algeria & Denies The Payment Of Compensation Claims By Algerian Victims

#africanews #blackhistory #france On November 10th, 2023, the European Court of Human rights also called Strasbourg rejected claims of compensation of relatives of victims who died as a result of the nuclear tests carried out by France in the Algerian Sahara and in Polynesia. These people, who include three widows and their children, hoped to be compensated for damages caused by the death of their loved ones after exposure to ionizing radiation. Unfortunately for them, the so-called Court of European Human Rights dismissed their claims because of timing. According to the Court, their decision was justified by the statute of limitations. The court highlighted the fact that the 2010 Morin law regulating compensation for illnesses related to nuclear testing does not include relatives of victims, because common law rules on liability must apply with a limitation after four years. The court estimated that at least four years have passed between this first request and the new one, which is why it issued a ruling of prescription. The plaintiff’s lawyer has however said that the families will continue to fight. When it comes to human rights, Europe and the West like to pitch themselves as the number one defenders but as Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame started, they are the biggest abusers of human rights and we have seen this play over and over again. When a third-world country, say from Africa commits what the West deems as a violation of human rights, they are always at the forefront looking for ways to punish that country. However, when they are the ones who violate human rights, they look for ways to get away with it, and 99 percent of the time they succeed. Isn’t this denial of compensation claims by families of the victims of France’s nuclear testing in Algeria, a violation of human rights? Such hypocrisy. But this is not the first time that the families of Algerian victims of French nuclear testing have demanded compensation and have been denied.