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Survivors' Thalidomide protest

ThalidomideScores of Thalidomide survivors from across the globe demonstrated outside the German Embassy last month to protest against pharmaceutical giant Chemie Grunenthal.

Nick Dobrik, joint chairman of the International Contergan Thalidomide Alliance (ICTA), said: “The German government has colluded with this reprehensible company to systematically deny Thalidomide sufferers basic human and civil rights, dignity and the right to a self determined life.”

Protestors say that Chemie Grunenthal has left almost 3,000 German survivors without adequate financial support.

The embassy refused to comment or meet protestors.

John Roberts, a campaigner from Brighton, said: “I think it is outrageous that nobody from the embassy will even speak to us when so many people have travelled so far to be here.”