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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Indigenous people sue over alleged Canadian secret medical experiment

The supreme court of Nova Scotia.
The supreme court of Nova Scotia. The lawsuit revives the painful history of Canada conducting medical experiments on Indigenous peoples. Photograph: Prashanth Bala Ramachandra/Alamy

Members of a First Nation in Canada have launched a lawsuit alleging they were subjected to a secret medical experiment without their consent that left them feeling “violated and humiliated”.

The class-action lawsuit, which was certified by the Nova Scotia supreme court in early February, revives the painful history of Canada conducting medical experiments on Indigenous peoples and the persistent discrimination they continue to face within the country’s healthcare system.

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