“We are here to support our future as indigenous people and to walk against the injustices of… what happens to our people, with over 400 black deaths in custody.”
The biggest demonstration took place in the Western Australian capital Perth where several thousand people gathered in a park waving “Black Lives Matter” signs and Aboriginal flags.
With the exception of the Darwin demonstration, which had authorisation, the other protests violated official injunctions against mass gatherings instituted three months ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Elsewhere in Asia, hundreds gathered in a Taipei park with some holding signs with slogans such as “This is a movement, not a moment”.
No prosecutions have been brought over the deaths, despite dozens of investigations, inquests and in some cases video evidence of abuse.
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