Australia Must Stop Attacks on Indians

[RiazHaq]

There has been a slew of apparently racially-motivated attacks targeting Indians, resulting in the tragic death of a young Indian student Nitin Garg in Australia this week.

Last year also saw several vicious attacks on Indians, including the use of a petrol bomb thrown at an Indian young man sitting in his house, sending shock waves throughout the Indian community in Australia. And there seems to be no end in sight. Just yesterday, another student Jaspreet Singh was set on fire and he suffered 20 per cent burns including on his arms, chest and face.

In spite of the regularity of such attacks singling out Indian immigrants, the Australian authorities continue to downplay, even deny the racial angle. Unless such crimes are treated as hate crimes and seriously prosecuted and punished, it is likely that the crime wave will continue, and probably get worse.

These attacks are a reminder to all South Asians and others of foreign origins living in the West, including North America, Europe and Australia, that racism and xenophobia are alive and well in many parts of the world. Xenophobia continues to rear its ugly head in various forms, including antisemitism and Islamophobia. We must condemn it in all its various forms in our own best interest.

Let me conclude with a famous poem by Pastor Martin Niemoeller:

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—
and there was no one left to speak out.

Haq's Musings: Stop Violence Against Indians in Australia!

 

[idune]

What was indians were saying when they burned Australian priest and family alive. I guess Pastor Martin Niemoeller poem was silence then. I am not condoning the brutal incident. Its unfortunate but some of it indians brought it on themselves.

 

[kumar_V1.0]

What was indians were saying when they burned Australian priest and family alive. I guess Pastor Martin Niemoeller poem was silence then. I am not condoning the brutal incident. Its unfortunate but some of it indians brought it on themselves.

Ll0zUgG7vog[/media] - hindu extremists burn a australian christan priest with his family alive

An illegal Bangladeshi Migrant was caught in a murder case so i must chop ur *******.

You are such a *****.

 

[mijanur]

guys are they only attacking indians or all south asian race??

 

[Ratus Ratus]

Yes it is all one sided..
Now try these:

AN Indian taxi driver has been charged with sexually assaulting a female passenger after picking her up in his cab from a Brisbane city bar early on Friday.


AN Indian court today convicted two taxi drivers of raping and killing an Australian woman who had come to India four years ago for a meditation course.
Dawn Griggs, 59, was killed soon after hiring a taxi following her arrival at the New Delhi airport in March 2004.

Definitely racist attacks if I believe the logic that this forum flaunts.

on the same event, Ms Griggs:
Yesterday, her friend Caroline Lloyd said the two killers could have been let off if Ms Griggs's son, Adam Spinner, had not persistently rung authorities in India to ensure justice for his mother, Ms Lloyd said. Mr Spinner found out a number of single, foreign women had gone missing in suspicious circumstances after arriving at the same airport.

He did not let up and continued to pressure police to find the men responsible, she said.

"The police initially covered up the sexual element of the attack and made it seem like robbery was the motive," Ms Lloyd said.