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 Reclaim the Night Collective*, Perth

We’re expecting a great, egalitarian festival-forum of nations headed by a woman in Perth in October, so this must mean women have equality, right?

Bouquets to Kieran Finnane from the Alice Springs News for once again shining the light of reason on Amnesty International’s “unhelpful” homelands campaign, and brickbats to Amnesty for refusing to publicly discuss the important points she has raised in her articles.

Stephen Corry's 'Tribal peoples for
tomorrow's world' is now on sale.
© Survival

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL, October 24, 2011 - - A groundbreaking new book which challenges many assumptions about tribal peoples – including how they are viewed and their role in the world – will be published by Freeman Press on November 14.

Newsletter date: 25 October 2011

Contents:
* Government 'consultation' report and plans for a new Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* GOVERNMENT 'CONSULTATION' REPORT AND PLANS FOR A NEW INTERVENTION:

- The Report

http://www.indigenous.gov.au/stronger-futures-in-the-northern-territory-...

- Media Releases

Stop the Intervention: Stop the Intervention campaign blasts sham consultations
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/stop-the-interventio...

I should call myself – REFUSENIK – the person refused fair trial and in the most blatant way having my human rights abused by Queensland legal system .

My struggle for justice became the classical case of the fight against the perfidy of the people in the legal system ( Queensland , Australia ) where all elements - police , prosecution , trial judge and the defence lawyers - cooperate to achieve the conviction in the hassle-free way and then the supervisory ( judicial ) bodies rubber stamp their achievement .

Muktha goes home.
Children in prison - hypocrisy.
Indonesian government puts Australian government to shame.

The Indonesian Justice Minister and the Indonesian President have intervened to prohibit the remand of the Australian 14 year old in Bali in Kerobokan Prison so as to protect the welfare and rights of children, however importantly to send a loud message to the Australian government that they need to better consider the impoverished Indonesian children who are languishing in Australian adult prisons - and that they should in the very least be within the appropriate jurisdictions.

Tony, Dalia and Rita could be sent back to religious persecution and violence in Egypt after 7 years in Australia. Join a massive community call to keep them safe

By change.org

It’s Tony’s worst nightmare come true. His family is once again in danger, simply because of their religion.

Australia's Colonies signed up to the Commonwealth of Australia Act 1900, becoming States on 1 January, 1901. After a campaign led by legendary Aboriginal activist Oodgeroo Noonuccal culminating in a referendum in 1967 which achieved overwhelming support, Aborigines came under the auspices of the Constitution of Australia. Subsequently, the Australia Act 1986 (Cth) severed all ties with the Westminster Parliament and the Queen in her capacity as the British Monarch, but not as the Australian Monarch.

Over 100 police on 5AM on October 23rd, violent evicted Occupy Sydney from Martin Place. The raid occurred within 48 hours of the similarly violent eviction in Melbourne signaling a major escalation of the Occupy Movement within Australia. Over 40 protestors were arrested during the raid. Although limited footage and pictures have emerged due to both the timing of the raid but also clear police attempts to prevent people filming the arrests, it is clear that the raid was violent. This footage from Sky news and WA Today clearly shows protestors with bloodied faces and hog tied with plastic ties after their arrest. An interview with Mark Goudkamp on the ABC outlines clearly that police punched and assaulted protestors during the raid. This photo on a Herald Sun story demonstrates true nature of the raid with a young woman hog tied after her arrest surrounded by several large burly cops.
Related: Occupy Sydney attacks police and responds to criticism!