[DEBATE] : Australia: Outrage at Indigenous death in custody whitewash

[glparramatta]

In November 2004 Murunji died in a police watch house on Palm Island
--an aboriginal community off the Queensland coast. Since that time
there has been two coronial inquests and a prosecutor's office review.
But the state government is refusing to initiate charges against the
arresting officer, Chris Hurley, despite the very clear findings of
the coronial inquiry that Hurley caused Murunji's death. See background
http://leftcast.blogspot.com/2006/10/palm-island-death-in-custo_116004035493680720.html
Report on Wednesday's rally in Brisbane
http://ratbaggy.blogspot.com/2006/12/2000-at-mulrinji-solidarity-rally-in.html

Queensland Murris (Indigenous Australians living in Queensland) need
your support. The indigenous community nationwide will be mobilising
for Invasion Day (the official Australia Day national holiday)on
January 26th. But to tie the campaign over the holiday break, an
online petition is being promoted to galvanize and register opposition
to this crude racism. You can sign it here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mulrinji/petition.html
so please do so and promote the petition widely by also referencing
the url emailing it
http://www.petitiononline.com/cgi-bin/mailpage.cgi?mulrinji/petition.html
it to your contact list. And make sure you add your comments as
hundreds have already from around the world, indigenous and no
indigenous peoples alike.
For background on Aboriginal deaths in police custody, start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_deaths_in_custody