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WGAR News: Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 30/12/2012 - 12:48pm

Newsletter date: 30 December 2012

Last Updated: 31 December 2012

Background info page:
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...

'concerned Australians': Without Justice there can be no Reconciliation: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/

Creative Spirits: Northern Territory Emergence Response (NTER) - "The Intervention": http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/northern-terr...

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Northern Territory Intervention

A Western Rebellion could ensure an ethical human rights 'bottom-line' for all.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 28/12/2012 - 4:19pm

A Western Rebellion could ensure an ethical human rights ‘bottom-line’ for all people.

Anthony Ravlich
Chairperson
Human Rights Council (New Zealand)
10D/15 City Rd.
Auckland City.
Ph: (0064) (09) 940.9658
www.hrc2001.org.nz

A complaints procedure (Optional Protocol, OP) for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2008 and there can be little doubt that this led to the Global Financial Crisis in 2009 with the statistics providing stark evidence.

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WGAR News: WA govt's "mean-spirited" refusal to extend Stolen Wages deadline: Tracker

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 26/12/2012 - 11:45am

Newsletter date: 26 December 2012

Contents:

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: WA govt’s "mean-spirited" refusal to extend Stolen Wages deadline
* Stolen Wages: Many will miss out says ALSWA [Aboriginal Legal Service of WA]
* Robin Chapple MLC: Hundreds will miss out as Government refuses to extend Stolen Wages Scheme
* ABC Indigenous: Payments flow to stolen wage victims
* Stolen Wages offer a 'slap in the face' says ALSWA [Aboriginal Legal Service of WA]
* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: Stolen wages remain stolen with $2,000 offer
* Creative Spirits: Stolen Wages

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Close The Gap Campaign

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Stolen Wages - Many will miss out says ALSWA - Aboriginal Legal Service of WA

Robin Chapple MLC - Hundreds will miss out as Government refuses to extend Stolen Wages Scheme

ABC Indigenous - Payments flow to stolen wage victims

Stolen Wages offer a slap in the face says ALSWA - Aboriginal Legal Service of WA

Gerry Georgatos - Indymedia Australia - Stolen wages remain stolen with $2000 offer

Creative Spirits - Stolen Wages

Martin Lukacs - The Guardian UK - Canada's First Nations protest heralds a new alliance

Sovereign Union - Howard recognised continuing Aboriginal sovereignty

Close The Gap Campaign - Don't slash Indigenous health funding - Close the Gap

Close The Gap Committee - Submission to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan

Amy McQuire - Tracker - WA govt's mean-spirited refusal to extend Stolen Wages deadline

Uranium Films Travel From Rio de Janeiro to New Delhi

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 26/12/2012 - 12:37am

Art and Awareness – Uranium Film Festival is traveling: After taking place twice in Brazil and last October in Germany, the International Uranium Film Festival is now traveling to India. Documentary film maker from India Shriprakash is organizing the festival in New Delhi, Shillong, Ranchi, Pune, Mumbai, Hydarabad and Chennai.

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Nuclear Films wanted - 3rd Uranium Film Festival Rio

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 25/12/2012 - 11:04pm

Call for Entry - Uranium Film Fesival 2013: The International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro 2013 is calling for entries of films made on nuclear issues. The festival invites independent short films and feature films, documentaries, movies, animated films and image films, produced at any point of time.

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The Deception and Exploitation of Minors by the CPP-NPA-NDF

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 24/12/2012 - 10:27pm

Philippines: A war on semantics had been waged by the front organizations of the CPP-NPA-NDF regarding Children Involved in Armed Conflicts. They are contented with just twisting the truth and to play with words. For the truth of the matter, the issue is all about children recruited by the Communist front organizations and the New People’s Army and used as frontliners and in any other capacity, armed or unarmed.

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human rights

solidarity

International news and opinion

WGAR News: UN Human Rights Committee asks Australia to explain human rights record: HRLC

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 21/12/2012 - 10:24am

Newsletter date: 21 December 2012

Contents:

* HRLC: UN Human Rights Committee asks Australia to explain human rights record
* Background: Calls for 'Stronger Futures' laws to be subject to Human Rights scrutiny
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* 3CR Community Radio interviews with activists Robbie Thorpe and Gary Foley
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Phillip Adams, Late Night Live, interviews Prof's. Marcia Langton and Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh on Native Title 20 years on
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

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Northern Territory Intervention

Aboriginal deaths in custody

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

3CR Community Radio interviews with activists Robbie Thorpe and Gary Foley

Phillip Adams - Late Night Live - interviews Prof's Marcia Langton and Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh on Native Title 20 years on

WGAR News: Government cuts a major blow to the territory's vulnerable children and families: SNAICC

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 19/12/2012 - 10:26am

Newsletter date: 19 December 2012

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* SNAICC News: Government cuts a major blow to the territory’s vulnerable children and families

* Jon Altman and Susie Russell, Evidence Base Journal:
Too much 'Dreaming': Evaluations of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Intervention 2007-2012
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* 2012 National Congress meeting in Alice Springs: Speeches, Videos and Photos
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

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alcohol

High Court

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

Jon Altman and Susie Russell - Evidence Base Journal - Too much Dreaming - Evaluations of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Intervention 2007-2012

2012 National Congress meeting in Alice Springs - Speeches Videos and Photos

Claire Mallinson - Amnesty - Talking human rights with the Prime Minister of Australia

Elizabeth Watt - ABC The Drum Opinion - Is it racist to ban alcohol from some Aboriginal communities

RH victory in Philippine Congress, a historic leap forward for women

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 19/12/2012 - 1:08am

Akbayan Party-list joins the Filipino people in celebrating our historic victory in the passage of the Reproductive Health bill in the second reading of the House of Representatives. Through Representatives Walden Bello and Kaka Bag-ao, Akbayan reiterated the voice of the people when it voted for life, choice, and reproductive health rights. We join the people in enjoying the fruit of more than a decade of struggle—a long and arduous journey towards the enactment of a law that will uphold and safeguard their right to a better future.

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International news and opinion

WGAR News: Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy to charge Graham Quirk: Media Release

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 18/12/2012 - 7:51am

Newsletter date: 18 December 2012

Contents:

* Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy to charge Graham Quirk: Media Release
* Background to the Aboriginal tent embassies

* APO NT: Mini-budget cuts to Aboriginal services will increase harm and cost more -especially in the Bush
* Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition has condemned the CLP’s mini-budget cuts to vital Aboriginal services: Media Release
* Respect and Listen Video: Adelaide's book launch of 'A Decision to Discriminate'
[Speeches by Djiniyini Gondarra, Amelia Pangarte Kunoth-Monks and Rosalie Kunoth-Monks.]

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