Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the tragic shooting of two protesters and one journalist by gunmen participating in the attack on striking teachers and their supporters in the City of Oaxaca in Mexico on 27 October 2006,

(ii)

that one of those killed, Mr Bradley Roland Will, was a camera man working for the independent news group Indymedia, and

(iii)

that these killings bring the number of protesters shot and killed by security forces to at least six during this 6 month protest; and

(b)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

condemn the use of lethal force against journalists, teachers and protesters by Mexican authorities,

(ii)

urge the Mexican Government to bring to justice all those involved in the killings of the protestors in Oaxaca, and

(iii)

express its condolences to the families of those killed.

Question negatived.