Global Climate Change Action

To be handed to Peruvian Consul General next week:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protestperuindigenous/

Wording:
"We call upon the Government of Peru and President Alan Garcia to respect the inalienable rights of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon to their ancestral land. We urge President Garcia to ensure that decrees 1090 and 1064 are repealed and not just suspended. We call for the reopening of community radio in Bagua, the assistance to residents of Bagua who are suffering a social crisis due to the unrest in Peru.
We call on the Peruvian Government to stop the harrassment and arrests of indigenous leaders, specifically leaders from the AIDESEP, the union of indigenous organisations who are leading the fight for indigenous land rights in Peru.
We support peace and unity in Peru."

The Greens leader, Bob Brown put a motion to the Senate today calling on the Australian government to support the rights of Indigenous peoples of the Amazon to protest the exploitation of their lands. The motion also condemned police violence in breaking up protests which led injuries and deaths of protesters and police officers.

The motion was passed by the Senate and reads as follows:

"444. Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown): To move—That the Senate—
(a) supports the rights of Indigenous peoples living in the Peruvian Amazon to protest against the exploitation of their ancestral lands by oil, logging and mining companies; and
(b) condemns the violence that occurred when police tried to break-up protests and resulted in injuries and deaths of protesters and police officers."

This message from the Australian Senate and collected signatures on this petition will be given to the Peruvian Consul-General by Christine Donayre (Greens Councillor, Burwood) next week.

Don't forget to sign the petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protestperuindigenous/index.html

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