Dutch Government taking Russia to court over ‘shooting down’ of MH17 flight

Fri, 10 Jul, 2020 - 16:08

Mike Corder, Associated Press

The Dutch Government is to take Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine six years ago.

The move is intended to support individual cases being brought to the European court by relatives of some of the 298 people who were killed.

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