From: "Hartin, Tony" <thartin-AT-vitgcdu1.telecom.com.au>
Subject: Australia: Police savagely attack Aborigines 21/8
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 96 17:38:00 EST



I've just heard the latest news from Canberra,

The day after unionists and aborigines laid seige to parliament house, 
police have savagely attacked an aborigine rally in Canberra.

I've just seen the bourgeois news and have no other details, but it looks 
like a rally of at least some hundreds was set upon by riot cops in a 
completely unprovoked attack.

There were some serious injuries amongst aborigines and it wouldn't surprise 
me if there were critical injuries.

Police regularly murder aborigines in prison. Black deaths in custody is one 
of the many scandals of the Australian's state repression of the indiginous 
population. The conditions and statistics regarding Aborigines lives are 
absolutely appaling. Funding for aborigines, which was at pathetic levels 
anyway has had 1/2 billion dollars slashed from it by the Liberals.

We now have a clear demonstration of what Prime Minister Howard means by 
Australian standards.

Tony Hartin

P.S: I have also just seen what the new "democratic" state in South Korea 
has just done to its young university students.
I salute them for their courage 


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