Tomorrow: Wed, 6 April, 7pm AEST free online forum & Ban Spithoods Nationwide

[Sabine Kacha]

Please share widely!

Dear All,

Tomorrow, 6 April, 7pm AEST, please join this free Online Forum about NT Fracking, Housing crisis and more with a terrific line-up of panelists:

Moderator: Aunty Lynda-June Coe, Wiradjuri and Badu Island Yinaa

Speakers:

1. Aunty Elaine Kngwarraye Peckham, Apmereke-artweye of Mparntwe – a Senior Central Arrernte Custodian and Kumanjayi Bunbadgee Hodder Watt, Lardil man from Gununa/Mornington Island

2. Ms Rikki Dank/Lhudi Noralima - Traditional Owner from Gudanji and Wakaya Nations, Nimragikyi plus Rikki's husband Dr Sanjit Paul

3. Greg Marks, Canberra based writer and researcher specialising in international law and Indigenous rights

4. Bruno Jupurrurla Wilson, Yuendumu, NT and Frank Baarda, long term Kardiya resident, Yuendumu, NT

Please join this free event via https://amnestyau.zoom.us/j/96305830251

Meeting ID: 963 0583 0251

For more info, please see The Intervention: Will it end??

We are looking forward to seeing you online tomorrow, 6 April at 7pm AEST!!!

Further below you will find Change the Record’s campaign to Ban Spithoods Nationwide. Please also see this petition to the Attorney General: Ban all-white juries for Deaths in Custody trials

https://me.getup.org.au/petitions/ban-all-white-juries-for-deaths-in-custody-trials?

Feel free to share this info widely with your networks and on social media. Many thanks.

Best regards,

Sabine

----- Forwarded message -----

From: Sophie - Change the Record <ad...@changetherecord.org.au>

To: Sabine Kacha <binoc...@yahoo.com>

Sent: Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 10:00:46 am AEST

Subject: Ban Spithoods Nationwide

Dear Sabine, Today the NT News published evidence of the ongoing use of spit hoods on children in the Northern Territory and Queensland, and the continuing use of spit hoods on adults by police in the NT, QLD and Western Australia. There is no safe use of spit hoods. They are cruel, inhumane and have been implicated in the deaths of First Nations peoples. That’s why we are joining the Ban Spithoods Collective in calling on Commonwealth, state and territory governments to ban the use of spithoods in law - in all settings, for all people. EMAIL YOUR MP NOW Last year South Australia became the first Australian jurisdiction to ban the use of spit hoods outright, in law. This momentous change only happened after a five year campaign lead by Latoya Rule and their family, after their sibling Wayne Fella Morrison died in custody while restrained in a spit hood. Now, we are calling on every other jurisdiction to follow South Australia’s lead and ban spit hoods in law once and for all. EMAIL YOUR MP NOW Change the Record is committed to campaigning against the many injustices that drive First Nations peoples into prison, and mean that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience terrible rates of family violence. Spit hoods are just one of these many injustices. The campaign in South Australia has shown us that it is possible to change these cruel laws, and in doing so, to potentially prevent further abuse and Black deaths in custody. That’s why we are joining the movement to ban spit hoods everywhere. Thank you for taking action, In solidarity, Sophie Trevitt - Executive Director

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