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Rights campaigner Julian Assange acknowledges his Torres Strait Islander form and content

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 02/06/2012 - 3:47pm

Gerry Georgatos
Global justice campaigner and WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange has contributed his life to standing up for the oppressed and in challenging the world’s most powerful governments and clandestine institutions.

Mr Assange was born in Townsville, Queensland however he readily acknowledges a diverse heritage which he proudly said includes a Torres Strait Islander great-great-grandparent. In his form and content is that of a Thursday Islander, his (step) great-great-grandmother.

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Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition - rallies to occur on the 31st of May

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 30/05/2012 - 7:19pm

It has just been announced that Julian Assange has lost his appeal in the UK High Court against his extradition to Sweden. He legal team however has been granted a two week period to consider an appeal to have the case reopened on a technicality.

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Renters rights rally - WA - August 15, & national day of renters rights rallies - October 16

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 29/05/2012 - 4:30pm

Gerry Georgatos
The Renters Alliance (RA) started only several months ago in Western Australia with a number of its original members from Bridgetown and the Blackwood region. The RA spokesperson Lea Keenan said the renters rights movement has spread Australia-wide after the RA was swamped with emails and calls from distressed renters.

To get involved write to rentersalliance@humanrightsalliance.org

or phone 0430 657 309 or 0412 833 733

http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/news/audio/2012/may/22/national-renters-allianc...

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HRA media release: Bob Carr must live up to DFAT's side - Indonesia has lived up to their part - Schapelle soon home

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 26/05/2012 - 8:25am

Bob Carr said that it is abominable that children are in adult prisons - therefore release them all, now. Now that the Governor of Kerobokan has supported the right to early parole for Schapelle Corby, Australia needs to keep its side and en masse release all the children - now.

The conversations between DFAT and their counterparts, between Australian and Indonesian foreign ministries have occurred in that the goodwill of a sentence reduction, early parole for Schapelle Corby was brought up alongside the urgent need for Indonesian children in Australian adult prisons to be released.

National Renters Alliance campaign - WA rally August - National day of rallies October

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 24/05/2012 - 9:20am

Interviews with the HRA's National Renters Alliance

It started in the Blackwood region of the South West of WA, and then became the WA Renters Alliance, and now it's a national movement with the National Renters Alliance campaign

In August there will be a renters rally for justice at WA's state parliament followed by a coordinated national day of rallies in October

Human Rights Alliance demands release of Indonesian children from WA incarceration

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 22/05/2012 - 12:06pm

The Human Rights Alliance calls on the WA state government, and on the Commonwealth, for the en masse immediate release of all the Indonesian children incarcerated either by remand or judicial conviction in Western Australian prisons - and in particular HAKEA and Albany Regional Prisons.

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 3 events from 25 May 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/05/2012 - 3:35pm

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Event: Fri 25 May 2012: Canberra, ACT
National Sorry Day Bridge Walk
Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Canberra
* 10.30am - Gather at Regatta Point
* 10.40 - Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
* 11.00am - Start Bridge Walk
* 11.30am - Wiradjuri Echoes and Lunch
RSVP (required if staying for lunch)
National Sorry Day Committee in collaboration with
ACT Government Health,
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service,
and Reconciliation Australia

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 32 events from 21 May 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/05/2012 - 2:40pm

Newsletter date: 21 May 2012

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Event: Wed 23 and Thu 24 May 2012: Wollongong, south of Sydney
Interim National Unity Government Assembly
of the Sovereign Union
Held at two locations:
Day 1 – Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong
Day 2 – Sandon Point Aboriginal Embassy
"All Aboriginal nations are being called on to send two
delegates - one man and one woman (if appropriate) to the
inaugural assembly of the Sovereign Union interim National
Unity Government in Wollongong Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24
May. ... "

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People are not the property of people; the Northern Territory is a prison built brick by brick by the Commonwealth

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 20/05/2012 - 3:33pm

Gerry Georgatos
“For most of these women, the notion of human rights is unheard of. They have lived all their lives believing that they have no rights at all,” said the founder of Sisters Inside, Debbie Kilroy – who counsels women while they are still in prison.

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Did Jackson, Lawler and Abbott tangle Thomson with the HSU? Who else is involved and why?

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 18/05/2012 - 9:08am

Gerry Georgatos
The Craig Thomson and Peter Slipper dramas have been used to threaten the toppling of the incumbent government however whether this happens or not the dark pall of aspersions, the eerie shadow over Australian politics and the spheres of influence that are imputed to underlay the manifest of government and its orchestrations are increasingly deeply questionable to many folk - however what are the questions for there to be the pursuit of answers - where do we start looking?

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