French Colonial Crimes Continue to Affect Lives in Polynesia

The French knowingly let the inhabitants of the islands to be exposed to the radioactive fallout from the tests.
Interview with Prabir Purkayastha
Interviewed by Surangya Kaur Produced by Newsclick Team,

NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent analysis of declassified documents from the nuclear testing done by France on the islands of Polynesia. He discusses how the French knowingly let the inhabitants of the islands to be exposed to the radioactive fallout from the tests, and how even today, the French are unwilling to compensate the victims.