SYDNEY, Jan 26 Thousands protested Australia’s increasingly divisive national day Thursday as the public debates whether the country’s Indigenous population should be.
Tens of thousands of people packed Belmore Park in inner Sydney for the annual rally, calling for land rights, self-determination and a reduction of deaths in custody.
The intensity of Invasion Day marches proved too much for one protester - holding a sign saying No pride in genocide - who burst into tears and had to be consoled as Lidia Thorpe declared war.
Thousands protested Australias increasingly divisive national day Thursday as the public debates whether the countrys Indigenous population should be recognised in the constitution. Australia Day on January 26 has traditionally celebrated the arrival of European settlers at Sydney Harbour in 1788 ..
Thousands protested Australia's increasingly divisive national day Thursday as the public debates whether the country's Indigenous population should be