Today was the start of the committal hearings for 23 G20 arrestees. To mark the occasion, supporters gathered outside the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court and a statement was read:
The full text of the statement can be found on Sydney Indymedia.
Today was the start of the committal hearings for 23 G20 arrestees. To mark the occasion, supporters gathered outside the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court and a statement was read:
The full text of the statement can be found on Sydney Indymedia.
Representatives and supports of Indigenous peoples across the Pacific gathered outside the Aotearoa/NZ Consulate in Melbourne on 6 February as part of an international protest. In addition to speakers from Aotearoa a statement from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was read by a representative of ISJA (Indigenous Social Justice Association) and Krautungalung elder Robbie Thorpe spoke. Others included Nick Chesterfield, long-term campaigner for Indigenous rights in the Pacific, and Marisol Salinas, who delivered a message of solidarity on behalf of the Mapuche people of Chile.
Video of this event on YouTube in three parts:
There is a full report with photographs on Whenua, Fenua, Enua, Vanua – http://uriohau.blogspot.com/2008/02/waitangi-day-kulin-nations-08.html
See also Aotearoa IMC –
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/74878/index.php
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/74877/index.php