Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Lawyers of Victimes want Compensation

 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Lawyers for relatives of those killed, in the 2014, Monday that the families sufferer had also demand compensation in recognition of the injustice they had acknowledged

Malaysia Airlines,flight 17 Pictures of the wrecked cockpit

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Malaysia- Lawyers for relatives of those killed in the 2014 shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane ,over eastern Ukraine told judges on Monday that the families had also demand compensation in recognition of the injustice they had acknowledged, and told judges that Russian "misinformation" hurt their grief.

Public prosecutor Ward Ferdinandusse attends the MH17 trial resumed in the high-security courtroom of The Schiphol Judicial Complex (JCS) in Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands, on August 31, 2020. - The Boeing 777 travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur 

  Lawyer Arlette Skigans pleaded guilty to crimes involving genocide, including three Russians and a missing Ukrainian resident of MH17, and asked the Dutch judiciary to reopen the trial.

The Boeing 777,Malaysia Airlines,flight 17  The ruins 

  The Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur killed 29 Australians, including 298 passengers and 29 crew, when the missile was fired from a pro-Russian rebel-held area on July 17, 2014.

 

 

People hold portraits of the victims during an event to mark the 6th anniversary of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash in the village of Grabovo. The Malaysian Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014,the protest is on July 17-2020

 Ms Seasons, representing 450 relatives, called on the court to address the legal question of the family's right to claim compensation, saying the court should consider the plight of hundreds of loved ones who have lost loved ones.

  "It's about people who suffered a terrible loss six years ago and whose lives are still affected today."

  Some families boarded a public gallery of the courthouse on the edge of the MS Shizan Airport from where the dubbed flight began its journey.  Saw to speak from,

Victim relatives (from L to R) Ria van der Steen, chairman of the MH17 Airplane Disaster Foundation Piet Ploeg, Anton Kotte arrive at the Schiphol Judicial Complex, on March 10, 2020 on the second day of the trial of four men accused of murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014

  Lawyers said 76 people who were direct witnesses to the incident were sure to testify, they would have to make their case to the law, and 316 people would make direct claims for compensation.

  "Criminal justice is important to them because it will establish the truth of what happened on July 17, 2014. Who is responsible for this? They deserve no punishment," he said.  “In other words, it’s about justice, fairness, crime and punishment

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  "It's not about money, it's about truth. That's what we want," he told the court.

  Prosecutors allege that the missile carrying Flight MH17 was taken from a Russian military base to Ukraine.  Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement.

  Mrs Shijans said the "obstruction and isolation" of the Russian authorities was exacerbating the plight of relatives of the dead.

 "We are talking about people of flesh and blood here. In addition to the grief they are facing because of the death of their loved one, they have been additionally hurt by Russia's attitude," he told the judges.

Malyasia Airlines Flight 17 , People Symbolic protest

  After a lengthy international investigation, prosecutors last year indicted four suspects: Russian Igor Girkin, Sergei Dobinsky and Oleg Pulatov, as well as Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko.  The trial is set to begin in March and is still in its infancy. With the exception of Pulatov, none of them appeared for the trial.

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Man Stand at the crash Site of Malyasia Airlines Flight 17

  Mrs Shijans said Dutch courts should have the right to claim compensation under Ukrainian law and that they should claim this fair justice for the damages.

  "If we want reasonable compensation to be reasonable and a true symbol of the defendant's own actions, then the compensation must reflect the importance of the crime and the importance and reflection of the consequences for the relatives," he said.

 

  Following Monday's hearing, Presiding Judge Hendrik Steinheus adjourned the hearing until September 28.