Nearly 12,000 people over the past five years were wrongly labelled criminals due to inaccurate record checks, leading to £1.9m paid out in compensation, campaigners have revealed.
The main Commons campaigner for compensation, former Labour party chairman Ian McCartney, praised the government for recognising, after a long battle, that there should be "no two-tier system in Britain for citizens who fall victim to terrorism.
Campaigners want compensation for those affected by not receiving adequate information.
The government rejected both her findings of maladministration and her main recommendation for full compensation, however.On February 21st the campaigners scored a hit when a high court found that the government had been wrong to reject the ombudsman's findings.
What are they waiting for?" Despite such apparent evidence, the fact that lawsuits were brought against the police for assault, unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution, and that South Yorkshire police – the force at the centre of the Hillsborough disaster cover-up – later agreed to pay nearly £500,000 in compensation to 39 miners, campaigners are concerned over the lack of progress.
African campaigners are demanding compensation for the huge damage being inflicted on the continent by global warming – a problem that has been caused by the rich countries but will hit poor nations the hardest.
Sometimes, say ADHOC's campaigners, farmers do get compensation, but usually only a pittance.Cambodia is recovering slowly from the chaos left by the communist Khmer Rouge regime of 1975-79 and the civil war that followed its collapse.
The proposed 70% cap on compensation is also a "red line" for campaigners.
The amount of compensation has not been disclosed but, according to campaigners, could reach £50m.
BHP Billiton should prepare to pay billions of dollars in compensation for the deadly dam disaster in Brazil, campaigners picketing the mining company's annual general meeting have said.
