Qld Gubbament gagging activist Lex Wotton

Jailbreak - INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA

This video is dedicated to all our people who were down from day one.. Video featuring Dennis Walker, Gary Foley and the Lex Wotton Protest march. Music by Yothu Yindi

Thanks to http://www.youtube.com/user/ORIGNALAUSTRALIAN

Boxing Day Benefit Gig for Lex Wotton

Upcoming benefit gig for Lex in Melbourne:
(organised by Weemptyrooms and A whole bunch of other angry people)

Lex Wotton is doing jail time for standing up for his community and demanding to know the truth about the death of his friend and fellow resident, Mulrunji Doomadgee. This fundraiser aims to raise money to support him and his family through his time in prison.

At the Old Bar, 74-76 Johnston St, Fitzroy

Friday December 26th, Boxing Day

Doors 5pm. $10 Entry. BBQ at 8pm.

Featuring:
Matt Stabs
Blackie (Hard Ons)
Pikelet
Elise & Jem
Foreign Magicians
Wicked City
Barbarion

and check out to the right of this post a deadly web badge made by our brother The Angry Indian

Free Lex Wotton NOW - Solidarity on Wurundjeri Land 7.11.08

Some highlights of a rally outside the County Court, Melbourne, on the day Lex Wotton was due to be sentenced in Townsville. Speakers included representatives of Indigenous communities from around the world ...
See http://www.nit.com.au
News of the sentence - six years imprisonment with a minimum of two years without parole -arrived too late to announce during the rally .

Free Lex Wotton NOW International Day of Action

Music ⓒ Stand Up (Radio Edit) Blue King Brown

An International day of Action was called to coincide with the day that Lex Wotton is scheduled to have a sentence hearing in Townsville. (Nov 7th 08)

On Friday 24th October an all white jury found Lex Wotton, an Aboriginal man from Palm Island, guilty of 'rioting with destruction' for his involvement in the 2004 Palm Island uprising. On November 26th 2004 the people of Palm Island set fire to the local police station, court house and police barracks after a pathologist's report claimed that the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee, a 36 year old local, in police custody a week earlier was an 'accident'.

Mulrunji died in a police cell, one hour after he had been arrested for being drunk. He suffered massive internal injuries, including a ruptured spleen, four broken ribs and a 'liver that had been 'almost cleaved in two' from a huge compressive force.'

The officer who arrested him, Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley, claimed that Mulrunji had fallen on stairs. A coroner's inquest found that Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley was responsible for Mulrunji's death, as the injuries were consistent with a beating. However, a court found Hurley not guilty for manslaughter. He has since been promoted and is an Inspector on the Gold Coast.

In comparison Lex Wotton is now facing a life sentence in prison. He is being held in prison until his next court appearance in the Townsville District Court today.

International Day of Action Free Lex Wotton NOW rallies were  held in

Brisbane, Sydney, Alice Springs, Melbourne, Auckland, London, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia & Sweden

The whole world is watching Australia, Free Lex Wotton NOW!

For more information contact: freelexwotton(*)gmail.com

or check out the Free Lex Wotton NOW Facebook group

The colonial world is a world cut in two. The dividing line, the frontiers are shown by barracks and police stations. In the colonies it is the policeman and the soldier who are the official, instituted go-betweens, the spokesmen of the settler and his rule of oppression.... (Fanon)

Free Lex Wotton NOW Solidarity on Wurundjeri land