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Event: Tue 17 to 28 January 2012: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Photographic exhibition:
Manuwangku Under the Nuclear Cloud
"Manuwangku: Under a Nuclear Cloud, gives the affected
Aboriginal communities a collective voice against the
proposed radioactive waste dump. The exhibition aims
to dispel the myth that remote areas are uninhabited
and thus suitable to be dumping grounds.
Jagath Dheerasekara is a talented and respected
photographer as well as an Amnesty International
Human Rights Defender."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/27463/
Event: Tue 31 January 2012: Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Inner West Film Forum:
January 2012 - Post Invasion Day Special
* Is There Anything to Celebrate in 1988? (1985) 60 min
* Strangers in Paradise - A Documentary Satire (1989) 54 min
Event details: http://thepbc.org.au/?page_id=9
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/inner-west-film-forum-january-2012-post-invasion...
Event: 1 February 2012: Australia wide
Have your say on the Extension of Key NT Intervention
Measures for another Decade.
Submissions now due 1 Feb 2012
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.stoptheintervention.org/
Information about making a submission:
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/strong_future_nt_11/inf...
Information about the bills: Stronger Futures in the
Northern Territory Bill 2011 and two related bills:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/strong_future_nt_11/ind...
For the document with links to further info about the
New Policies, Aboriginal Elders voices and for Taking Action:
please click here: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Consultations/N...
[The above link includes voices of:
Dr Rev Djiniyini Gondarra, Yananymul Mununggurr,
NT Elders and Community Representatives,
Ramingining Elders and the Central Land Council.]
"Submissions should be received by 1 February 2012. ...
The Committee is seeking written submissions from
interested individuals and organisations"
Event: 17 Feb 2012: International
Submissions on role of languages and culture due 17 Feb 2012
United Nations Human Rights:
Study on languages and cultures
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/EMRIP/Pages/StudyLanguages.aspx
"Call for submissions from indigenous peoples and their
organisations
The Expert Mechanism is calling for submissions on the role
of languages and culture in the protection and promotion of
the rights and identity of indigenous peoples, its current
mandated study in accordance with Human Rights Council
resolution 18/8 ...
Submissions will need to be submitted by 17 February 2012"
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WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
WGAR Website: http://wgar.wordpress.com/