Australia-Violence Against Aboriginal Women & Children
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: May 8, 2006
‘Abuse rife at Aborigine camps’
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A A state prosecutor in the Northern Territory has alleged that violence Many crimes go unreported, with victims afraid to speak out, she said. The state’s government says it will urgently address the lack of ‘Monstrous’ Some of the cases contained in the leaked police briefing paper are At an Aboriginal camp in central Australia, a four-year-old girl In other cases two very young children – including a seven-month old
Dr Nanette Rogers, who is a Crown prosecutor in the Northern Territory, Dr Rogers said that many victims were too afraid to speak to the “All child sexual assault in central Australia is happening at much “Horrible offences committed on really small children, it is beyond Dr Rogers has blamed indigenous culture for the problems, where men Central Australia has the highest murder rate in Australia, at ten |
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