Vandaag 13 february 2008 heeft Prime Minister Kevin Rudd zijn verontschuldigingen aangeboden aan de zogenaamde stolen generation.
Korte achtergrond schets:
The term 'stolen generations' refers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Australians who were forcibly removed from their families and communities by government, welfare and church authorities as children and place into institutional care or with non-Indigenous foster families. The forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children began as early as the mid 1800s and continued until 1970. This removal occurred as the result of official laws and policies aimed at assimilating the Indigenous population into the wider community. The term "stolen generation" refers to children that were removed from their families on the grounds of their race alone.
A 1997 inquiry found that between 1 in 10 and 3 in 10 and Torres Strait Islander children were forcibly removed from their families and communities in the period from 1910 tot 1970.
Indigenous children, their families and their communities have had life-long and profoundly disabling consequences. For many children, removal meant that they lost all connection to family, traditional land, culture and language.
The apology is being provided by the Australian government in recognition of policies of past governments.
Een belangrijk document het overheidsbeleid en de consequenties voor Aboriginal people beschrijft is het report "Bringing them home", zie http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen/
Dit rapport is besproken in het Parlement in 1997. Een van de aanbevelingen van het rapport was een officiele 'apology'. Volgens de toenmalige Prime Minister John Howard huidige generaties niet verantwoordelijk zijn voor het verleden. Hij "agreed the report was "very shocking" but his government attacked it as legally flawed and said compensation would be impractical and divisive."
De nieuwe Prime Minister bood vandaag in het Parlement zijn verontschuldigingen aan. Zie voor de precieze inhoud van de apology:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rudds-apology-revealed/2008/02/12/1202760286861.html
De reacties van Australiers op het 1997 report 'Bringing them home':
A Herald-AGB McNair poll showed almost two-thirds of Australians believed all the parliaments should apologise for removal policies that took part-indigenous children - or those who looked part-indigenous - from their families until 1970. But a Morgan poll also found that 37 per cent of those surveyed agreed with the prime minister, John Howard, who said to apologise would be to hold present generations responsible for the past.
Ook hier op het forum hebben we voor en tegenstanders van het apology, zie:
http://www.xpdite.net/forum/index.php?topic=8353.0
De apology is groot nieuws in Australie. De kranten staan er vol van, het is op tv.
Ik weet dat dit een topic is waarbij het risico is dat gemoederen hoog kunnen oplopen. Desondanks post ik dit topic, want dit is belangrijk nieuws in Australie. Laten we ook in dit topic respect voor elkaar tonen! Voor de mensen die nog in Nederland wonen - lees de links en de berichtgeving in kranten als de SMH en vorm je eigen mening.
Korte achtergrond schets:
The term 'stolen generations' refers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Australians who were forcibly removed from their families and communities by government, welfare and church authorities as children and place into institutional care or with non-Indigenous foster families. The forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children began as early as the mid 1800s and continued until 1970. This removal occurred as the result of official laws and policies aimed at assimilating the Indigenous population into the wider community. The term "stolen generation" refers to children that were removed from their families on the grounds of their race alone.
A 1997 inquiry found that between 1 in 10 and 3 in 10 and Torres Strait Islander children were forcibly removed from their families and communities in the period from 1910 tot 1970.
Indigenous children, their families and their communities have had life-long and profoundly disabling consequences. For many children, removal meant that they lost all connection to family, traditional land, culture and language.
The apology is being provided by the Australian government in recognition of policies of past governments.
Een belangrijk document het overheidsbeleid en de consequenties voor Aboriginal people beschrijft is het report "Bringing them home", zie http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen/
Dit rapport is besproken in het Parlement in 1997. Een van de aanbevelingen van het rapport was een officiele 'apology'. Volgens de toenmalige Prime Minister John Howard huidige generaties niet verantwoordelijk zijn voor het verleden. Hij "agreed the report was "very shocking" but his government attacked it as legally flawed and said compensation would be impractical and divisive."
De nieuwe Prime Minister bood vandaag in het Parlement zijn verontschuldigingen aan. Zie voor de precieze inhoud van de apology:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rudds-apology-revealed/2008/02/12/1202760286861.html
De reacties van Australiers op het 1997 report 'Bringing them home':
A Herald-AGB McNair poll showed almost two-thirds of Australians believed all the parliaments should apologise for removal policies that took part-indigenous children - or those who looked part-indigenous - from their families until 1970. But a Morgan poll also found that 37 per cent of those surveyed agreed with the prime minister, John Howard, who said to apologise would be to hold present generations responsible for the past.
Ook hier op het forum hebben we voor en tegenstanders van het apology, zie:
http://www.xpdite.net/forum/index.php?topic=8353.0
De apology is groot nieuws in Australie. De kranten staan er vol van, het is op tv.
Ik weet dat dit een topic is waarbij het risico is dat gemoederen hoog kunnen oplopen. Desondanks post ik dit topic, want dit is belangrijk nieuws in Australie. Laten we ook in dit topic respect voor elkaar tonen! Voor de mensen die nog in Nederland wonen - lees de links en de berichtgeving in kranten als de SMH en vorm je eigen mening.
