Human rights activists on mission of mercy to Nauru

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Human rights activists on mission of mercy to Nauru

By Sarah Price
May 9, 2004
The Sun-Herald

Human rights activists are embarking on a 4000-kilometre trip to Nauru to draw attention to the "innocent" asylum seekers on the island republic.

"We're going to give them hope and highlight the plight of these innocent people," crew member Stavros Georgopoulos said.

The nine activists who will be sailing in two boats, the Eureka and the One Off, under the banner Flotillas of Hope, will go armed with teddy bears and toys for the detained children and an electricity generator for a hospital on the island "as a gesture of goodwill from ordinary Australian people to the Nauruans".

More at the Sydney Morning Herald

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1. "innocent"--why do they put that in quotes?

Are we supposed to assume that a bunch of refugees, many of them children, are some kind of international criminal gang? WTF? It's disgraceful.


News about the flotilla:

http://www.flotilla2004.com