Namibia: U.S. Court Rejects Germany's Motion On Genocide

19 January 2018

Windhoek — United States District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain on Tuesday denied Germany's motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit filed by Ovaherero and Nama people in the United States Federal Court in New York for alleged crimes against humanity.

The Ovaherero and Nama people filed a lawsuit on January 5, 2017, suing Germany for excluding them from current negotiations between the German and Namibian governments concerning the 1904-1908 genocide committed on Namibian soil.

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