For broadcast, from Jennifer Martiniello
FYI- This has gone to the 7.30 report and several
newspapers. please circulate.
Dear Kerry O’Brien and 7.30 researchers,
I have just returned from the Northern Territory. I
want John Howard to explain why house to house raids
without warrants are being conducted by the AFP in all
the Alice Springs town camps.
I also want to know why at least two of the senior
women who toured major cities speaking out against a
uranium waste dump on their traditional lands have
been raided by the AFP on warrants issued by a Federal
Magistrate in Canberra, their furniture slashed with
knives, belongings damages, laptops and mobile phones
seized, and phones tapped. I was told by one of the
women that the warrant gave 12 hours access to her
home, and that she was told that the measures were
justified because of the security crackdown for APEC
ministers. One of those women is an elderly
grandmother.
I have also been told by town camp residents that the
AFP has set up surveillance on all households in the
town camps,and have photographed without consent,
every Aboriginal child in those town camps. In the
1990s the AFP were successfully taken to court for
exactly the same violations in Redfern.
Please report on this disgraceful conduct, and pursue
a full explanation from the Howard Government.
regards,
Jennifer Martiniello
Member, Advisory Board
Australian Centre for Indigenous History,
Australian National University
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Comment by s0metim3s — 8/27/2007 @ 10:54 pm
[…] 29, 2007 Guilt and Innocence IV Posted by WildlyParenthetical under whiteness , indigeneity , body politic , borders , property ,race , racism , Australia EAD it. Where lies the guilt again, and how does it adhere? How to compass this kind of taking advantage of the APEC laws…? […]
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Have you seen the National Indigenous Times article in response to Jennifer’s email? Apparently house-to-house searches are only being done to enforce DVO’s. Sounds fishy to me.
Comment by az — 8/29/2007 @ 11:11 am
[…] broadcast, from Jennifer Martiniello For broadcast, from Jennifer Martiniello FYI- This has gone to the 7.30 report and severalnewspapers. please circulate.Dear KerryO’Brien and 7.30 researchers,I have just returned from the Northern Territory. Iwant John Howard to explain why house to house raidswithout warrants are being conducted by the AFP in allthe Alice Springs town camps.I also want to know why at least two of the seniorwomen who toured major cities speaking out against auranium waste dump on their traditional lands havebeen raided by the AFP on warrants issued by a FederalMagistrate in Canberra, their furniture slashed withknives, belongings damages, laptops and mobile phonesseized, and phones tapped. I was told by one of thewomen that the warrant gave 12 hours access to herhome, and that she was told that the measures werejustified because of the security crackdown for APECministers. One of those women is an elderlygrandmother.I have also been told by town camp residents that theAFP has set up surveillance on all households in thetown camps,and have photographed without consent,every Aboriginal child in those town camps. In the1990s the AFP were successfully taken to court forexactly the same violations in Redfern.Please report on this disgraceful conduct, and pursuea full explanation from the Howard Government.regards,Jennifer MartinielloMember, Advisory BoardAustralian Centre for Indigenous History,Australian National University STYLE […]
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