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- Who Cares (Or: War Crimes) January 28, 2014
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Tag Archives: Forde Inquiry
Boys’ Town, Beaudesert (Or: The Greatest Con of All Time)
Image: The 1938 Hollywood movie “Boys’ Town” [Disclosure: The author may have some bias with regards to this article. He had been invited on two occasions to meet with Debbie Kilroy and her friends at the Women’s’ Correctional Centre in … Continue reading
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Northern Ireland’s Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (Or: Ireland Calling)
The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry in Northern Ireland is the latest of five child abuse enquiries there. It is particularly relevant to Australia in that it will include Irish children sent here as “child migrants” (see previous posting). It … Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty International, Bindoon, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, child migrants, Christian Brothers, Domus Australia, Forde Inquiry, George Pell, HIA, HIA inquiry, Ireland, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Magdalene Laundry, Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Enquiry, Queensland Government Forde Enquiry, United Nations Committee Against Torture
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