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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (1862)	10/4/2004 10:52:28 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3515

Amnesty slams Canada's criminal record Monday, October 4, 2004 Posted: 6:39 PM EDT (2239 GMT) OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- Canadian officials and police are ignoring a spate of brutal attacks against aboriginal women, at least 500 of whom have vanished or been murdered over the last 30 years, Amnesty International said Monday. In a stinging report, the human rights group condemned what it said was Canada's "terrible official indifference and apathy" toward native women, particularly those who end up in the sex trade. "How many more lives must be lost? How many more indigenous women will be murdered, how many more will go missing before the Canadian and provincial governments are moved to action?" said Amnesty's secretary-general Irene Khan. Aboriginal activists have long complained that police and officials across Canada show little interest in trying to find out what happened to the missing women, and Khan said they were among the most forgotten members of society. "(The report) reveals an appalling state of racial discrimination and cultural prejudice, of economic deprivation and social marginalization, of official indifference and government failure," she told a news conference in Ottawa. Many of Canada's one million aboriginal people live in poverty on reserves with inadequate facilities, and their plight has long been one of Ottawa's deepest embarrassments. Canada spends around $7 billion a year on its native population, but living conditions and life expectancy remain well below the national average. "Internationally the Canadian government has taken the lead on many human rights issues... Canada must implement at home that which it implores others to do abroad," Khan said. The report said police often failed to protect the women, who were particularly likely to face poverty, homelessness and prostitution as well as "acts of extreme brutality" by men. "In every instance, Canadian authorities could and should have done more to ensure the safety of these woman and girls," said the report. No one at the federal ministry of aboriginal affairs was available for comment. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it could not comment until it had seen the report.