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Independent Media Transcript 12 October 2006
Stop the Weapons Conference 2006
By Aotearoa IMC 11/10/06
Activists from all around the country are getting ready to take action against the New Zealand Defence Industry Association (NZDIA) conference taking place at Te Papa next week (17/18 October) in Wellington. More information about the weapons conference can be found at:
http://www.peacewellington.tk or email peacewellington(at)hotmail.com.
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/71767/index.php
http://paw.randomstatic.net/
No NZ support for the War on Terror
Peace Action Wellington has been actively organising against the so-called 'War on Terrorism' since September 2001. Our campaign focuses both on the military occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the assault on freedoms and civil liberties in Aotearoa under the guise of fighting terrorism.
The New Zealand Government has deployed special forces (the SAS) to Afghanistan to assist in so-called 'direct action missions'. It has deployed Army engineers to assist the British occupation of Basra.
It has also passed significant anti-terrorism legislation including the Terrorism Suppression Act, the Border Security Act, the Maritime Security Act, the Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act and significant amendments to the Crimes Act. All of these laws significantly impinge upon the civil liberties of citizens.
http://paw.randomstatic.net/waronterror.html
Protest History: 2005
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/38285/index.php
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Black Deaths in Custody -- Ratbag Radio Network
By Left Cast - Sydney IMC 11/10/06
Australia: Brisbane: On October 10th members of Queensland's indigenous community and their supporters marched on the Queensland state parliament. The protest had been called to demand justice for Palm Islander Mulrunji, killed in police custody in November 2004.
The intention was to present petitions collected throughout the state which demanded that the police officer found responsible in the recent coroners report for Mulrunji’s death be sacked. The police officer named, Chris Hurley, had in the time since the aboriginal’s death, been promoted and transferred from Palm Island to the Gold Coast and no administrative action had been taken against him.
This was a militant march -- and the determination and anger of those participating is clear from this recording which begins at the gates of parliament.
Speakers were Sam Watson, a leader of the Brisbane Murri community. members of Mulrinji’s family from Palm Island, and state premier, Peter Beattie.
http://sydney.indymedia.org/node/39001
http://leftcast.blogspot.com/
Related:
Palm Island: Policeman kicked Mulrunji to death
by Media Unit 6 Perth IMC 27/09/06
September 27, 2006 - Policeman kicked Mulrunji Doomadgee to death: coroner.
A Queensland coroner has found a police officer kicked an Aboriginal man to death on Palm Island two years ago. The coroner says the coroner's report into the death of the Palm Island man failed to meet deaths-in-custody guidelines. Mulrunji, 36, was found dead on the cement floor of his cell at about 11am on November 19, 2004.
Christine Clements has found that Mulrunji was kicked by Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley after his arrest for public drunkenness, and that Mulrunji died as a result of his injuries.
The Palm Island community erupted into a riot in the days after the death in custody...
http://perthimc.asn.au/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=32037
Australian coroner: Police killed Aboriginal prisoner on Palm Island
by Mike Head via sam 11/10/06
Nonetheless, the Beattie government has shelved the report. Unable and unwilling to resolve the social problems, its reaction has been to close ranks with the police and prepare for further repression.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/28497
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Australian government demands hand-over of Solomon Islands’ attorney general
By Rick Kelly via sam Adelaide IMC 10/10/06
The Howard government is engaged in an increasingly aggressive attempt to unseat the Solomon Islands’ government and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, amid an ongoing standoff over the fate of Julian Moti, the Solomons’ attorney-general arrested in Papua New Guinea on September 29.
Tensions remain high in the Solomon Islands, following opposition leader Fred Fono’s announcement last Friday that a motion of no-confidence aimed at bringing down the government would be postponed for a week. Fono, who claimed to have sufficient support in parliament for the motion, withdrew the nomination because of alleged “rumours, speculation, and intimidation, indicating that if this government was to fall there would be another riot”. Sogavare has dismissed the opposition’s claims, and insists that his government is secure.
The immediate spark for the political crisis was Sogavare’s expulsion of Australian High Commissioner Patrick Cole last month for meddling in the Solomons’ internal affairs. The expulsion led to a war of words between Canberra and Honiara, with Sogavare condemning the Australian government for bullying and political interference.
Moti has been targeted both as a means of undermining the Sogavare government, and to avoid any scrutiny of the Australian-dominated Regional Assistance to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). Australian forces were dispatched to the Solomons in 2003 after the Howard government declared the Solomons a “failed state” and a potential haven for terrorists. RAMSI took over the country’s key economic, judicial, and security institutions.
RAMSI was never a “humanitarian intervention” and was instead aimed at securing Australia’s domination of the South Pacific. Opposition to RAMSI among ordinary Solomon Islanders mounted as it became evident that Australia is doing nothing to alleviate the country’s endemic poverty and unemployment.
Following elections in April, riots erupted in the capital, Honiara, leading to the widespread destruction of hotels and businesses, particularly in Chinatown. The disturbances followed a RAMSI military and police operation aimed at propping up Sogavare’s predecessor, Snyder Rini. Amid corruption allegations, the parliament had chosen Rini as prime minister despite the electoral routing of the previous pro-RAMSI government, in which he had been deputy prime minister.
Concerned to suppress any examination of RAMSI’s responsibility for the riots, Canberra was alarmed when Sogavare announced an official Commission of Inquiry in July. The inquiry was to investigate the cause of the riots and examine the case of the two parliamentarians, Nelson Ne’e and Charles Dausabea, whom Canberra made scapegoats for the disturbances. The men, who are reportedly opponents of RAMSI, have been held without trial since their arrest in late April. Australian judges have repeatedly denied bail.
Canberra has made every effort to derail the official inquiry. Former Australian Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld became the subject of a media witch-hunt ostensibly over an unpaid speeding fine after he was appointed head of the Commission of Inquiry. The sensationalised reports, which emerged just days after Einfeld accepted the position in mid-July, disappeared just as suddenly following his resignation on September 17.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Saturday that Australian forces considered arresting Sogavare last month, after the publication of a leaked cabinet submission in which the prime minister questioned Ne’e and Dausabea’s detention and raised the possibility of collusion between Australian-appointed prosecutors and judges.
“So seriously did the Australians regard the submission that, according to well-placed sources, Australian personnel—working with Solomons police as advisers—considered scope for a raid to obtain further documents,” the newspaper reported. “There was even an examination of whether Sogavare had breached any criminal laws for which he could be arrested. But, regardless of the legal assessment, it was considered that arresting the Prime Minister posed too much risk of renewed rioting or possible assassinations.”
The scapegoating of Moti
Moti was similarly targeted by Canberra for political reasons. He was closely involved in Sogavare’s decision to establish the Commission of Inquiry, and recommended that Einfeld head the investigation. According to one report, Moti’s private law firm in Honiara also represents Ne’e and Dausabea.
The Howard government’s insistence that its pursuit of Moti is strictly a police matter and has nothing to do with its dispute with the Solomons is absurd.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/28305
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Tags: New-Zealand Weapons-Conference Protest Palm Island QLD-Police Death-in-Custody Solomon-Islands RAMSI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToaWdX1ePFA Independent Media Transcript 12 October 2006
Stop the Weapons Conference 2006
By Aotearoa IMC 11/10/06
Activists from all around the country are getting ready to take action against the New Zealand Defence Industry Association (NZDIA) conference taking place at Te Papa next week (17/18 October) in Wellington. More information about the weapons conference can be found at:
http://www.peacewellington.tk or email peacewellington(at)hotmail.com. http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/71767/index.php http://paw.randomstatic.net/ No NZ support for the War on Terror
Peace Action Wellington has been actively organising against the so-called 'War on Terrorism' since September 2001. Our campaign focuses both on the military occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the assault on freedoms and civil liberties in Aotearoa under the guise of fighting terrorism.
The New Zealand Government has deployed special forces (the SAS) to Afghanistan to assist in so-called 'direct action missions'. It has deployed Army engineers to assist the British occupation of Basra.
It has also passed significant anti-terrorism legislation including the Terrorism Suppression Act, the Border Security Act, the Maritime Security Act, the Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act and significant amendments to the Crimes Act. All of these laws significantly impinge upon the civil liberties of citizens.
http://paw.randomstatic.net/waronterror.html Protest History: 2005
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/38285/index.php ===========================================
Black Deaths in Custody -- Ratbag Radio Network
By Left Cast - Sydney IMC 11/10/06
Australia: Brisbane: On October 10th members of Queensland's indigenous community and their supporters marched on the Queensland state parliament. The protest had been called to demand justice for Palm Islander Mulrunji, killed in police custody in November 2004.
The intention was to present petitions collected throughout the state which demanded that the police officer found responsible in the recent coroners report for Mulrunji’s death be sacked. The police officer named, Chris Hurley, had in the time since the aboriginal’s death, been promoted and transferred from Palm Island to the Gold Coast and no administrative action had been taken against him.
This was a militant march -- and the determination and anger of those participating is clear from this recording which begins at the gates of parliament.
Speakers were Sam Watson, a leader of the Brisbane Murri community. members of Mulrinji’s family from Palm Island, and state premier, Peter Beattie.
http://sydney.indymedia.org/node/39001 http://leftcast.blogspot.com/ Related:
Palm Island: Policeman kicked Mulrunji to death
by Media Unit 6 Perth IMC 27/09/06
September 27, 2006 - Policeman kicked Mulrunji Doomadgee to death: coroner.
A Queensland coroner has found a police officer kicked an Aboriginal man to death on Palm Island two years ago. The coroner says the coroner's report into the death of the Palm Island man failed to meet deaths-in-custody guidelines. Mulrunji, 36, was found dead on the cement floor of his cell at about 11am on November 19, 2004.
Christine Clements has found that Mulrunji was kicked by Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley after his arrest for public drunkenness, and that Mulrunji died as a result of his injuries.
The Palm Island community erupted into a riot in the days after the death in custody...
http://perthimc.asn.au/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=32037 Australian coroner: Police killed Aboriginal prisoner on Palm Island
by Mike Head via sam 11/10/06
Nonetheless, the Beattie government has shelved the report. Unable and unwilling to resolve the social problems, its reaction has been to close ranks with the police and prepare for further repression.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/28497 ===========================================
Australian government demands hand-over of Solomon Islands’ attorney general
By Rick Kelly via sam Adelaide IMC 10/10/06
The Howard government is engaged in an increasingly aggressive attempt to unseat the Solomon Islands’ government and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, amid an ongoing standoff over the fate of Julian Moti, the Solomons’ attorney-general arrested in Papua New Guinea on September 29.
Tensions remain high in the Solomon Islands, following opposition leader Fred Fono’s announcement last Friday that a motion of no-confidence aimed at bringing down the government would be postponed for a week. Fono, who claimed to have sufficient support in parliament for the motion, withdrew the nomination because of alleged “rumours, speculation, and intimidation, indicating that if this government was to fall there would be another riot”. Sogavare has dismissed the opposition’s claims, and insists that his government is secure.
The immediate spark for the political crisis was Sogavare’s expulsion of Australian High Commissioner Patrick Cole last month for meddling in the Solomons’ internal affairs. The expulsion led to a war of words between Canberra and Honiara, with Sogavare condemning the Australian government for bullying and political interference.
Moti has been targeted both as a means of undermining the Sogavare government, and to avoid any scrutiny of the Australian-dominated Regional Assistance to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). Australian forces were dispatched to the Solomons in 2003 after the Howard government declared the Solomons a “failed state” and a potential haven for terrorists. RAMSI took over the country’s key economic, judicial, and security institutions.
RAMSI was never a “humanitarian intervention” and was instead aimed at securing Australia’s domination of the South Pacific. Opposition to RAMSI among ordinary Solomon Islanders mounted as it became evident that Australia is doing nothing to alleviate the country’s endemic poverty and unemployment.
Following elections in April, riots erupted in the capital, Honiara, leading to the widespread destruction of hotels and businesses, particularly in Chinatown. The disturbances followed a RAMSI military and police operation aimed at propping up Sogavare’s predecessor, Snyder Rini. Amid corruption allegations, the parliament had chosen Rini as prime minister despite the electoral routing of the previous pro-RAMSI government, in which he had been deputy prime minister.
Concerned to suppress any examination of RAMSI’s responsibility for the riots, Canberra was alarmed when Sogavare announced an official Commission of Inquiry in July. The inquiry was to investigate the cause of the riots and examine the case of the two parliamentarians, Nelson Ne’e and Charles Dausabea, whom Canberra made scapegoats for the disturbances. The men, who are reportedly opponents of RAMSI, have been held without trial since their arrest in late April. Australian judges have repeatedly denied bail.
Canberra has made every effort to derail the official inquiry. Former Australian Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld became the subject of a media witch-hunt ostensibly over an unpaid speeding fine after he was appointed head of the Commission of Inquiry. The sensationalised reports, which emerged just days after Einfeld accepted the position in mid-July, disappeared just as suddenly following his resignation on September 17.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Saturday that Australian forces considered arresting Sogavare last month, after the publication of a leaked cabinet submission in which the prime minister questioned Ne’e and Dausabea’s detention and raised the possibility of collusion between Australian-appointed prosecutors and judges.
“So seriously did the Australians regard the submission that, according to well-placed sources, Australian personnel—working with Solomons police as advisers—considered scope for a raid to obtain further documents,” the newspaper reported. “There was even an examination of whether Sogavare had breached any criminal laws for which he could be arrested. But, regardless of the legal assessment, it was considered that arresting the Prime Minister posed too much risk of renewed rioting or possible assassinations.”
The scapegoating of Moti
Moti was similarly targeted by Canberra for political reasons. He was closely involved in Sogavare’s decision to establish the Commission of Inquiry, and recommended that Einfeld head the investigation. According to one report, Moti’s private law firm in Honiara also represents Ne’e and Dausabea.
The Howard government’s insistence that its pursuit of Moti is strictly a police matter and has nothing to do with its dispute with the Solomons is absurd.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/28305 ===========================================
Tags: New-Zealand Weapons-Conference Protest Palm Island QLD-Police Death-in-Custody Solomon-Islands RAMSI
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