Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Human rights court finds in favour of McLibel Two

The Times

By Chris Johnston, Times Online

The British Government has been ordered to pay nearly £57,000 in compensation to the 'McLibel' campaigners involved in a 15-year legal wrangle against the fast food giant McDonald's.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the pair should have been given legal aid by the British Government for their David-and-Goliath struggle, when McDonald's decided to sue them for libel.

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