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Australian government must end state-sponsored racially discriminatory measures - 18 November 2009
Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has warned the Australian government not to squander a unique opportunity to right historic wrongs.Australia: Government must end state-sponsored racially discriminatory measures - 18 November 2009
Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions, disempowerment and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan warned that the government of Prime Minister Rudd must not squander its unique opportunity to right these historic wrongs.
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The government apologized to the “Stolen Generations” of Indigenous Peoples who were removed from their families under government policy between 1910 and 1970.