Namibian forum calls for German-Namibian genocide agreement to be abandoned
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Namibian
The Genocide Reparations Advocacy Forum is asking German civil society organisations to oppose the 2021 joint declaration on the genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama, committed between 1904 and 1908. It is calling for the agreement to be abandoned, saying many descendants of survivors consider it inadequate, ahead of a debate in the Bundestag, according to the forum cited by The Namibian.
The Genocide Reparations Advocacy Forum (Graf), a Namibian association campaigning for reparations for the genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama, is calling on German civil society organisations to oppose the 2021 German-Namibian joint declaration. In a statement published on Saturday, the forum urged them to persuade the German government not to proceed with the agreement, The Namibian newspaper reported.
The text is due to be debated in a plenary session of the Bundestag, the German Parliament, with a view to finalising the declaration. It concerns the genocide committed against the Ovaherero and Nama between 1904 and 1908.
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