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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAssange gets an Aboriginal passport
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been offered an Aboriginal Nations passport in an inner-city Sydney ceremony after he was "abandoned" by Australian authorities ... John Shipton, accepted the document at a celebration in Darlington today ...September 15, 2012 - 3:25PM
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/assange-gets-an-aboriginal-passport-20120915-25yrt.html
... He's being offered a passport, but it's from a nation that doesn't exist ...
Assange Will Get Aboriginal Passport
By John Johnson
Posted Sep 15, 2012 1:13 PM CDT
http://www.newser.com/story/154095/assange-will-get-aboriginal-passport.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=goognews&utm_campaign=chan3_feed
... "The Passports are for use by Non-Aboriginal people only and can only be used to travel through the Aboriginal Nations," the groups stated ...
Julian Assange will be awarded an aboriginal passport
http://www.straight.com/article-774636/vancouver/julian-assange-will-be-awarded-aboriginal-passport
... The passport will be sent to Mr Assange in London in the next few days ...
Assange gets Aboriginal passport
15 Sep 2012, 5:15 pm - Source: AAP, AFP
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1692865/Assange-gets-Aboriginal-passport
... To the very large number of others wishing to receive a passport you will each need to sign the pledge that allows you to show respect to the true sovereign owners of the Aboriginal nations and to not allow the parliaments of Australia any legitimacy from the theft of Aboriginal lands. Personal details will be given to those filling out the passports, the placement of a passport-sized photo and $10 to help in covering costs. Then you will receive your own passport to use as you travel through the sovereign Aboriginal nations ...
Sovereign Aboriginal nations consider sanctuary for Julian Assange
Friday, September 14, 2012
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/52227
... His father, John Shipton, ... said his son had been jilted by the Australian government ...
Assange gets an Aboriginal passport
September 15, 2012 - 3:25PM
http://www.smh.com.au/national/assange-gets-an-aboriginal-passport-20120915-25yrt.html
... Indigenous Social Justice Association president Ray Jackson says the Australian government hasn't given Mr Assange sufficient aid ... John Shipton, Assange's biological father, ... said his son was still pressing ahead with his plans to run for the Australian Senate in the national election due next year, and had asked his father to write the constitution for his yet-to-be founded political party ...
Assange gets Aboriginal passport
15 Sep 2012, 5:15 pm - Source: AAP, AFP
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1692865/Assange-gets-Aboriginal-passport
... Foreign Minister Bob Carr last month told the Labor caucus Australia had intervened on Mr Assange's behalf more than 60 times during his legal wrangle with Sweden.
Julian Assange to get Aboriginal passport
AAP
September 15, 2012 3:14PM
http://www.news.com.au/national/julian-assange-to-get-aboriginal-passport/story-fndo4eg9-1226474746187
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Assange gets an Aboriginal passport (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
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kolayamilya
(11 posts)1. Spam deleted by Hassin Bin Sober (MIR Team)
jody
(26,624 posts)2. Perhaps next a Native American group will make him a member. nt