In response to Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack’s defence of his comparison of the Capitol Riots and the Black Lives Matter, in which he stated ‘All Lives Matter’, Amnesty International Indigenous Rights Lead, Nolan Hunter, said: “The Acting Prime Minister is continuing to show his ignorance about what Black Lives Matters mean, and how it …
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Acting Prime Minister must withdraw offensive comments comparing US Capitol Hill attacks with #BLM protests
In response to Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack’s comments on ABC Radio this morning, likening last week’s attack on the US Capitol building to Black Lives Matters protests, Amnesty International Indigenous Rights Lead, Nolan Hunter, said: “The Acting Prime Minister must immediately withdraw his deeply offensive comments that compared the violent attacks on the US …
Tragedy of George Floyd echoes Australia’s shameful record of deaths in custody
The death of American George Floyd last week and ensuing protests in the United States are a sobering reminder of Australia’s own shameful record on Indigenous deaths in custody. Since the conclusion of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991, more than 420 people have died in police custody without a single …
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