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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The anger and frustration of Indian students spilled on to the streets of Melbourne yesterday as scuffles broke out during their protest against continued attacks.Up to 60 police , some on the horseback , soon restored order and pushed the crowd back onto the streets.
An indian law student , who did not wish to be named , said the police had caused the trouble by pushing people back . Gautam gupta , a spokesman for the federation of indian students of australia , said last night that the protestor had issued a series of demands , which teh state governmnet must meet . "We want a multicultural police station and we want crime statistics made public so that we know the extend of the problem ," he said.
Mr gupta blamed outsiders for the trouble outside the station , saying it was always meant to be peaceful rally. "People have been so aggressive over the past few weeks , especailly the young people , but it was supposed to be peaceful rally. Unfortunetaly there were some agitators there, stirring things up." he said. As night drew closer , protestor numbers dropped to about 600 , and they decided a stage a sit down protest.
A protester shouted ,"if you are a real Indian , you will not leave untill the morning".
Thr march started peacefully earlier in the day at the royal Melbourne Hospital , where 25 years old Sravan Kumar remains in a serious condition in intensive care-fter being stabbed in the head with a screwdriver two weeks ago.
Nearly 2,000 students chnated as tehy marched down the streets carrying signs which read , "i pay fees , i pay tax , i get stabbed in Oz" and "Racism is more dangerous than swine flu" .While there was wide spread support for the rally , there was also evidence of the racism the students were protesting against.
Several bystanders yelled racial slus , one man shouting at the protestors "f*** off home".
This is Buzzerhut's Editor choice post from:
http://karna84.blogspot.com/2009/05/indians-protest-in-australia-over-race.html
An indian law student , who did not wish to be named , said the police had caused the trouble by pushing people back . Gautam gupta , a spokesman for the federation of indian students of australia , said last night that the protestor had issued a series of demands , which teh state governmnet must meet . "We want a multicultural police station and we want crime statistics made public so that we know the extend of the problem ," he said.
Mr gupta blamed outsiders for the trouble outside the station , saying it was always meant to be peaceful rally. "People have been so aggressive over the past few weeks , especailly the young people , but it was supposed to be peaceful rally. Unfortunetaly there were some agitators there, stirring things up." he said. As night drew closer , protestor numbers dropped to about 600 , and they decided a stage a sit down protest.
A protester shouted ,"if you are a real Indian , you will not leave untill the morning".
Thr march started peacefully earlier in the day at the royal Melbourne Hospital , where 25 years old Sravan Kumar remains in a serious condition in intensive care-fter being stabbed in the head with a screwdriver two weeks ago.
Nearly 2,000 students chnated as tehy marched down the streets carrying signs which read , "i pay fees , i pay tax , i get stabbed in Oz" and "Racism is more dangerous than swine flu" .While there was wide spread support for the rally , there was also evidence of the racism the students were protesting against.
Several bystanders yelled racial slus , one man shouting at the protestors "f*** off home".
This is Buzzerhut's Editor choice post from:
http://karna84.blogspot.com/2009/05/indians-protest-in-australia-over-race.html
Labels: australia, indian students, racism
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