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Perth Premier Movie Screening- 'Silenced Voices'

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 26/05/2013 - 6:38pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 30/05/2013 -

6:30pm to 9:00pm

Location:

FTI Cinema, 92 Adelaide Street, Fremantle

Contact Name:

Sam

Contact Phone:

0412 751 508

Contact Email:

humanrightstamileelamsrilanka@ymail.com

This is a film about freedom of speech...& the price some are willing to pay for it. Told as personal encounters of exiled journalists from Sri Lanka, the film explores how some have been threatened, some interrogated and some even killed in Sri Lanka for challenging the Government through exposing war crimes, human rights abuses and corruption.
With scores of journalists forced to flee Sri Lanka, the civil society there today is traumatised into silence and the media is forced to self-censor.

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Perth

A fair media - let no threat get in the way

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 26/05/2013 - 6:27pm

“It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it,” said John Pilger.

Article courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/

Seasoned journalist Kate McClymont delivered a speech, now widely referred to as the ‘Where angels fear to tread’ speech, at the Australian Press Freedom Dinner in early May. The event was hosted by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and the Walkley Foundation for Journalism.

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Western Australia events: Sorry Day + Reconciliation Week + Making Waves for the Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 25/05/2013 - 4:24pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Ed. Note: 'WGAR News' publishes events from a wide range of sources.
The events included are not necessarily endorsed by WGAR.

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Event: 26 May 2013: various locations in Australia including WA
National Sorry Day
"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity
to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more
than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children from their families."

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: "NACCHO praises release of FPDN 10 point plan for Aboriginal people with a disability"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 22/05/2013 - 10:42am

Newsletter date: 22 May 2013

Contents:

* NACCHO praises release of FPDN 10 point plan for Aboriginal people with a disability
* NACCHO chair welcomes Professor Kerry Arabena as the newly appointed Chair of Indigenous Health
* SBS Radionews: Indigenous suicide summit in Perth
* Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health

* CAAMA Radio: Interview with Rod Little, a Director of the National Congress of Australia's First People
* CAAMA Radio: "Huge attitude change needed" to recognise Indigenous rights
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

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First People's Disability Network - FPDN

Aboriginal people with a disability

NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Professor Kerry Arabena

Chair of Indigenous Health

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health

Indigenous suicide summit

National Congress of Australia's First People

Rod Little

NACCHO chair welcomes Professor Kerry Arabena as the newly appointed Chair of Indigenous Health

SBS Radionews - Indigenous suicide summit in Perth

CAAMA Radio - Interview with Rod Little - a Director of the National Congress of Australia's First People

CAAMA Radio - Huge attitude change needed to recognise Indigenous rights

The Stringer weekly newsletter - May 20

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Mon, 20/05/2013 - 8:51pm

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20 - http://thestringer.com.au/
NEWS update: More contributors and writers have joined The Stringer as we continue to extend our reach nationally and internationally. Less than three months young The Stringer has been reaching an audience in such high numbers that it was beyond our expectations. We are establishing a healthy national reach but also an international social reach.
Please share this newsletter and spread the word about The Stringer.

WGAR News: The Federal Budget and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 20/05/2013 - 12:04pm

Newsletter date: 20 May 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Homeless protest at Matagarup - "we will not be swept away"
* Tracker: Anger in Perth over Heirisson Island plans
* NIRS: Matagarup development protested in Perth
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA

* Emma Murphy, Green Left: New laws to criminalise drinking
* NAAJA has criticised the NT government's announcement of alcohol protection orders
* Other Northern Territory News

* The Federal Budget and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

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Nyoongar Tent Embassy

Emma Murphy

NAAJA

The Stringer

Northern Territory News

Tracker

Green Left

Alcohol Protection Orders

Heirisson Island - Matagarup

The Stringer - Homeless protest at Matagarup - we will not be swept away

Tracker - Anger in Perth over Heirisson Island plans

NIRS - Matagarup development protested in Perth

Emma Murphy - Green Left - New laws to criminalise drinking

NAAJA has criticised the NT government's announcement of alcohol protection orders

Western Australia events: Stop the Suicides in Our Community Now + Making Waves for the Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 12/05/2013 - 5:46pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 21 May 2013: Waterford, Perth, WA
Stop the Suicides in Our Community Now!
"The Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation calls for
all members of the Nyoongah community and organisations
to stand up strong against the ongoing epidemic
and spates of suicide in our Nyoongah community."
Event details: http://allianceaustrale.org/Dumbartung/CommunityNote.html
Event details: http://allianceaustrale.org/Dumbartung/SuicideMediaRelease.html

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 13 May 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 12/05/2013 - 4:30pm

Newsletter date: 13 May 2013

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Event: Wed 1 May - Sun 30 June 2013: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Photographer: Barbara McGrady
"Barbara is a Gamilario/Murri woman has been photographing
the social history of contemporary Aboriginal life for over
30 years. From Sports to politics, her vision is a unique
perspective from within a community empowering her
subjects by this virtue alone."
Event details: http://headon.com.au/event/barbara-mcgrady

Event: Fri 10 May until 1 June 2013: Northcote, Melbourne, Vic
The Power and the Passion

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The Stringer weekly newsletter - May 12

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 12/05/2013 - 10:42am

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20
NEWS update: More contributors and writers have joined The Stringer as we continue to extend our reach nationally and internationally. We are also keen to share with you that in the 80 days we have been bringing to you The Stringer we have been reaching an audience in such high numbers that it was beyond our expectations. We are establishing a healthy national reach but also an international social reach.

South Africa, 20 years after Apartheid, doing better than Australia

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 11/05/2013 - 6:31pm

by Gerry Georgatos - May 11th, 2013
Australia incarcerates its Aboriginal youth at the world’s highest rates, it imprisons one in 14 Western Australian Aboriginal adult males and it removes one in 14 children from Western Australian Aboriginal families into the care of the State, and for Aboriginal peoples the whole of the Northern Territory is a prison built brick by brick by the Commonwealth, and this prison is loosely known as the ‘Intervention’.

Since 1992, the rate of Aboriginal incarceration in Australia has grown 14 times faster than that of non-Aboriginal incarceration.

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