FILM SCREENING:
The Last Line of Defence: The Story of Heather Osland
(a short film by Anne O'Casey)
Friday 11pm, December 11
The George Cinemas
135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda
(part of the Victorian College of the Arts graduate programme.)
In an incredibly offensive move, the High Court has chosen
International
Human Rights Day to announce the rejection of Heather Osland's
appeal
against a 14 and a half year sentence for the murder of her
husband Frank
Osland in 1996.
For 13 years Frank Osland terrorised and abused Heather and her
children.
He slapped, kicked and raped her, punched her children, beat the
dog so
hard it had to be put down and killed the children's cat with a
piece of
pipe. No one in the family was allowed to eat their meal until he
had begun
his, even if that meant waiting hours for him to come home. He
exercised
absolute control over everything Heather or her children did. She
tried to
leave many times, but each time she was dragged back.
The High Court rejected the appeal by 2 votes to 3. For more
information on
Heather's story, the way the system has failed victims of domestic
violence
and how the campain group- the Heather Osland Release Group-
organised to
take the case so far, come to the "Last Line of Defence" which has
its
final screening this Friday (details above).
yours in solidarity,
arun
end
==============
Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List
As vilified, slandered and attacked by One Nation
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html
