Dismissal of AO victims’ suit violates human rights

27/02/2008 -- 5:56 PM

New York (VNA) - The decision of the US Court of Appeals to dismiss the lawsuit of the Vietnamese Agent Orange /Dioxin victims is an affront to the principles of justice and human rights, the Viet Nam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign said in a press statement on February 26. The most basic of human rights - the right to life, is being violated for more than 3 million Vietnamese victims who continue to die on a daily basis from cancers and other illnesses caused by their exposure to the toxic, dioxin laden Agent Orange, according to the statement. “Agent Orange contaminated “hot spots” continue to poison Vietnamese born more than 30 years after the end of the war,” the statement said. However, the US government and chemical manufacturers refuse to compensate the Vietnamese victims. While many US veterans received partial compensation for their injuries from the chemical companies and the US government, Vietnamese veterans received not one penny in compensation from the US government which sprayed them with Agent Orange, it added. The Campaign pledges to turn its outrage over this unjust and offensive decision into a citizen’s campaign to achieve justice and compensation for Vietnamese AO victims. “We will pursue justice from the chemical companies and our government - in the court of public opinion, through our elected representatives and through economic pressure against the corporate wrongdoers. We will work together with the US veterans movement to assure that all vets receive redress,” the statement said. –Enditem
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