The arrival in February of 85 refugees from Sri Lanka, most of them members of the islandβs Tamil minority, in Australian waters near Christmas Island highlights the situation of war and racial oppression in Sri Lanka.
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They are the children of βcholosβ β the disrespectful name given to urban indigenous people in Bolivia. They refer to themselves in English single-syllable words and the names of their songs speak of indigenous pride; they criticise capitalism and demand a radical social change. This mix, so appropriate for these times, characterises the βhip hopβ movement of El Alto, which is expanding and channelling youth rebellion in this large city of poor migrants, located at a height of 4000 metres and surrounded by impressive snow covered peaks.
Message Stick: Pride of the League β A look into the Rabbitohs football club's Indigenous heritage through the use of the "black" rabbit for away games. ABC, Sunday, March 25, 1.30pm.
Kidnapped by the CIA β Examines the illegal kidnapping of
Suciwati, the widow of Munir, the prominent Indonesian human rights activist killed by arsenic poisoning aboard a plane in 2004, visited Australia in February to call on the Australian government to help pressure Jakarta to resolve the case. Accompanying her was Usman Hamid, the executive director of Kontras Β the Indonesian Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence Β an organisation set up by Munir.
A True Person
Written by Gabiann Marin
Illustrated by Jacqui Grantford
New Frontier Publishing, 2007
27 pages, $24.95
Written by Gabiann Marin
Illustrated by Jacqui Grantford
New Frontier Publishing, 2007
27 pages, $24.95
Ugly Betty
With America Ferrera & Eric Mabius
Sundays 7.30pm, Channel 7
With America Ferrera & Eric Mabius
Sundays 7.30pm, Channel 7
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