What can we do to help? Ideas.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Police break up student protest
ARMED police last night fired tear-gas canisters into a defiant gathering of 100-plus University of Papua New Guinea students, forcing them to flee to their campus at Waigani, and freeing up the streets of Port Moresby for normal government and transport services to resume today.
Earlier yesterday, Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta received a four-point petition from the protesters and responded several hours later, making it almost pointless for the students to continue their protest.
Southern Region Police Commander Tom Kulunga said normal government business will resume today and his men have set up tents outside the Morauta House - the scene of the five-day siege by protesters. "We are here to make sure that they don't return," said Mr Kulunga. "I urge public servants to return to work and PMVs to run."
The PNG Defence Force supplied the tents for use by armed riot police who will camp there for several days to ensure that there is no more disruption.
Chief Supt Jeffrey Vaki is in command of the operations.
Late last night, police fired gas-guns and blanks after Mr Kulunga gave three warnings ordering the crowd to move.
Mr Kulunga told them that they had been illegally assembling there since Friday. The public and police could not tolerate their illegal gathering anymore as it affected normal government businesses, children's schooling, Grade 10 exams and the city public transport system. Soon after he gave the third warning, the quiet Waigani night erupted with M16 automatic rifles blazing out blanks and bullets into the air and gas canisters into the small crowd.
Mr Kulunga and Mr Vagi said nobody was hurt, apart from a heavily intoxicated person who recovered when water was poured over him.
The students scrambled for cover by running toward Telikom Rumana and police gave chase with the aid of flares to ensure that they got right out of the central government offices. They were seen later walking back to the campus along Waigani Drive close to midnight.

blessings on the souls of the dear departed... there but for the grace of goddess...

what can we do to stop this?
presently i seems that we can do nothing to stop the police violence. it is becoming incresingly clear that the police can try to legalise any form of repression they see fit. the only thing i can say that my give some hope is as more protests are put down this way, more people are going to die, thus swinging public opinion. the same thing happened in northern ireland. the police became more and more brutal untill bloody sunday when many people were killed during a civil rights march. obviously it was this that turned global opinion, disgaced the army and the ruc, and busted recruitment to the ira. hasta la victoreia siempre.