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Photo Essay: Protest for Easter Island at Parliament
Photo Essay: Protest for Easter Island at Parliament
Photos taken for Scoop by Alastair Thompson
Protestors at parliament in Wellington today showed their deep concern about the situation on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), following the events of 3 December in which over 20 indigenous people were injured during an operation to evict them from buildings and land that they occupied as part of a protest.
ALSO:
• Pacific Conference of
Churches - Chilean troops open fire in Easter Island -
Warning Graphic
• Save Rapanui - Rapanui (Easter Island) Under Fire By
Chilean Troops
• Amnesty International - Amnesty International Concerns For Rapa
Nui
• Amnesty International - Concerns about human rights violations
against the Rapa Nui
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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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