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Canada: SCOC supports aboriginal-only commercial fishery
Friday, June 27th, 2008
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SCOC supports aboriginal-only commercial fishery
SCOC supports aboriginal-only commercial fishery
UNESCO official reportedly backs Peru’s demand for Yale to return Machu Picchu relics | Peruvian Times
Monday, May 5th, 2008
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The top representative of UNESCO in Lima said Sunday that Peru was well within its rights to demand Yale University return ten of thousands of artifacts and remains taken on loan nearly a century ago from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, official state news agency Andina reported.
“The logical thing is for Peruvians to have access to the pieces, to know them,” Katherine Müller-Marin was quoted saying, adding that UNESCO has as one of its principles restoring archaeological treasures to their rightful owners. “The repatriation of archaeological pieces is a line of work that is developed to achieve the restoration of the pieces to their own sites of origin.”
Life is just too hard, widow weeps - Fiji Times Online
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
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Life is just too hard, widow weeps - Fiji Times Online
A WIDOW living in a squatter settlement in Suva is struggling to survive on her $30 a week budget. Anita Kissun, 56, of Jittu Estate, said she and her son survived on a $30 a week but yet another increase in the price of flour and sharps was just too much for her to bear. Mrs Kissun moved to Jittu Estate from Rakiraki 18 years ago. Her husband died in 1998. “The price of food is just increasing, especially flour, and this shows that life is getting harder all the time,” she said. “I thought that the Government will help the poor by having lower prices for staple food, but that is not going to happen anymore,” she said.
Pacific Magazine: Report Says No Work Permits Should Be Issued For Fiji Media Jobs
Friday, February 29th, 2008
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Pacific Magazine: Report Says No Work Permits Should Be Issued For Fiji Media Jobs
A report for the Fiji Human Rights Commission recommends that authorities consider facilitating laws to provide penalties for the publication or broadcast of material that can incite sedition or breaches the Public Order Act.
Aborigines remain in poverty, bad health
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
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More Here: Aborigines remain in poverty, bad health
Australia yesterday marked 40 years since a historic referendum granted Aborigines citizenship, but celebrations were muted by stark reminders the continent’s original inhabitants are still poverty stricken and die much younger than the rest of society.An overwhelming 91 percent of Australians voted in favor of reforms in the 1967 referendum that gave the federal government the power to make laws covering Aborigines and to count them in the official census for the first time.
Before then, Aborigines’ legal rights varied from state to state, with some jurisdictions including them in laws covering wildlife and plants.
Rallies, marches and other ceremonies were held in capital cities on Saturday and yesterday to mark the anniversary - but the focus was on the Aborigines’ continuing plight.
Rudd says sorry to the stolen generation
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
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More here: Rudd says sorry to the stolen generation
We reflect on their past mistreatment. We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were stolen generations, this blemished chapter in our nation’s history,” Rudd said.”We apologize for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians,” the apology says.
“For the pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.
“To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.
“And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry,” the prime minister said in an emotional speech.
Stolen Generations apology a milestone of awesome implications
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
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This is a social justice policy that has awesome implications for many folks in Australia. The financial implications alone are a tangle. Read more about it below: More here: Coalition backs Stolen Generations apology - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
“We believe that its morally and practically important in terms of understanding and addressing the way many Aboriginal people feel about this issue, however we believe very strongly that Mr Rudd now needs to release the wording that he proposes to put into the Parliament for this apology,” Dr Nelson said.”It’s essential that the Australian people have the opportunity to understand what is going to be said by their Parliament on their behalf.”
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