Thursday, 1 March 2012

NT: Jabiluka traditional owner relatives jailed for trespass


AAP General News (Australia)
02-26-1999
NT: Jabiluka traditional owner relatives jailed for trespass

Two relatives of the traditional owner of the land on which the controversial Jabiluka
uranium mine is being built say they're being jailed for trying to protect their country.

JACQUI KATONA and CHRISTINE CHRISTOPHERSEN make the claim in an open letter released before
they were jailed for 12 days in the Northern Territory for failing to pay a $500 trepass fine.

The letter says Australia should rethink its future if Aboriginal people defending …

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