Open letter to Northern Territory Tue, 29 Dec 1998 From: Donald E Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Indigenous Social Justice Association Supreme Court of the Northern Territory GPO Box 3946 DARWIN NT 0801 Attention: Master of the Supreme Court Office of the Chief Minister GPO Box 3144 DARWIN NT 0801 Attention: Shane Stone, Chief Minister 29 December, 1998 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN It was with absolute disgust and disbelief that I read of the inhuman action taken by the Stone Government of the Northern Territory against Letty Scott whose husband was tortured and murdered by custodial officers of Darwin prison on 5 July 1985. I have been involved with Letty and her family over the years in seeking justice for the death of her husband and the bringing to trial of the perpetrators involved with that death. There can be no justice where there is no truth and the truth of the horrific circumstances of this case have yet to be honestly and openly examined by the judicial system of this country. Letty, her now husband and children have lived in fear of their lives since 1985 and have moved constantly around Australia to attempt to stay alive and free of harassment from police and prison officers. I have witnessed the deterioration of their health but not their will to fight a system intent on hiding the truth of what occurred in July 1985. I have assisted, as best as possible, to alert those individuals and organizations both within Australia and overseas to the crime and cover-up condoned by not only the Northern Territory Government but also Federal Governments of the day. There is currently enough evidence to show that her husband was tortured and murdered. There are witnesses. There are photographs that prove that the murdered man was hung twice. There is irrefutable proof as to the circumstances surrounding the death of Letty�s husband on that July day in 1985. For thirteen odd years there has been nothing but obfuscation and cover up from Territory and Federal Governments, police and prison officers, ATSIC and others. It comes as no surprise that the last recorded massacre of Aborigines occurred in the Northern Territory. That massacre of Aborigines continues to this day. Nothing has changed. There are ample opportunities for this infamous case to be highlighted to the world, the Games being only one of them. This Association will continue to support the calls for justice for not only Letty�s case but other well-documented abuses of Indigenous human rights. This Association demands of the Government of the Northern Territory that the harassment of Letty and her family, both legal and illegal, cease immediately and that a full, honest and open enquiry be entered into at a Royal Commission level to investigate every facet of this notorious case As noted previously, there can be no justice where there is no truth. Ray Jackson Official Spokesman Indigenous Social Justice Association PO Box K555 HAYMARKET NSW 1240 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] end ============== Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html The Year 2000 Bug - An Urgent Sustainability Issue http://www.peg.apc.org/~psutton/grin-y2k.htm
