Dutch Government Pursues MSF In Swiss Federal Court

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) denounces the relentless attitude of the Dutch government, which has pursued the organization in courts since July 2004. The Netherlands demands that MSF reimburse the government for ransom paid to free Dutch citizen Arjan Erkel, MSF head of mission who was held hostage for 600 days in the northern Caucasus and was released in April, 2004.

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on June 1st, 2008