Support the Tumandok people of the Philippines being targeted by police and military
Contributed by Joe Montero On 30 December last year, the Philippines police and military apprehended Tumandok indigenous leaders. They came at around four in the…
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Australians turn out in large numbers for Invasion Day
Contributed by Joe Montero Yesterday (26 January), big Invasion Day marches and other events were held across Australia. They were well organised and maintained needed…
Rio Tinto’s decision to blow up Indigenous rock shelters ‘inexcusable’
The report coming from the destruction by Rio Tinto of an important First Nations site at Juunkan Gorge is a significant victory for the custodians…
Victorian indigenous sacred site forcefully taken by police
Contributed by Ben Wilson In recent weeks Major Roads Projects Victoria have been encroaching further and further along the disputed proposed new highway route between…
Police officers involved in Tanya Day’s death avoid prosecution
Article from the Human Rights Law Centre (26 August 2020) gives an insight into the circumstances of Tanya’s death in detention and the response of…
Sydney Police action against Black Lives Matter protest unnecessary and discriminatory
Contributed from New South Wales The Back Lives movement in Australia is obviously important to Frist Nations people, and it is important for the whole…
Video: How does Rio Tinto get away with destroying a 40,000 year old heritage site?
Standing with Australia’s First Nations communities Together we can build huge momentum around this campaign, and force our governments to act. Sign the petition and…
Rio Tinto’s destruction at Juukan Gorge was no accident
Contributed from Queensland Destruction of a site holding relics of 46,000 years old human habitation by the world’s second biggest mining company, and the subsequent…
Groups put forward plan to reduce indigenous imprisonment and end deaths in custody
Contributed by Ben Wilson As the controversy over black deaths in custody in Australia gathers momentum, the big Black Lives Matter marches around the nation…
Suicides continue in the Kimberley with communities waiting for the Government to act
Suicide among young Frist Nation people in West Australia’s Kimberly is an epidemic, made all the worse by ongoing government neglect. Recommendations from a coronial…
