Sydney Independent Media Centre Aboriginal Tent Embassy Declared "Peace Camp" - Coe Calls for Public Tribunal by andrew connor 2:51am Mon Aug 14 '00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aboriginal leader Isabel Coe declared the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Sydney's Victoria Park a "Peace Camp" and invited peacekeepers from around Australia and around the World to join the camp in an attempt to stop the Australian government's "war against the Aboriginal people". She also announced the Embassy's intention to hold a public tribunal on the government's treatment of Aborigines. Aboriginal leader Isabel Coe has issued a declaration that from this day forward the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Sydney's Victoria will serve as a "Peace Camp" at which peacekeepers can gather in an effort to "establish a peaceful resolution to 212 years of genocide". She invited supporters from Australia and the international community to join the Tent Embassy in Victoria Park in support of the pursuit of peace, specifically as it relates to indigenous Australians. "We are volunteer peacekeepers. Because we can't get any other peacekeepers [from the U.N. or other countries] to come here, we'll do it ourselves. The time has come to stop the genocide." She also announced the Embassy's intentions to hold a forum at which it will judge the conduct of the Australian government. "We're calling for a public tribunal for aboriginal people to come here and tell their stories about genocide." Ms. Coe and her supporters established the Embassy in Victoria Park last month as a means of communicating their messages about Aboriginal sovereignty and governmental mistreatment to Australia and the World as Sydney prepares to host the Olympics Games. All material is free for non-profit reuse unless otherwise noted by the author. All opinions are those of the people contributing to the site; sydney indymedia doesn't necessarily agree with them. -- ********************************** 'Click' to protect the rainforest: Make the Rainforest Site your homepage! http://www.therainforestsite.com/ ********************************** ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
