Aus PM's nephew leads protest against attacks on Indians

Melbourne, Jan 26 (PTI) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's
artist-activist nephew was Tuesday fined for offensive
behaviour as he dressed up in Ku Klux Klan outfit to protest
racism at a demonstration outside the venue of Australian
Open.

Van Rudd, who is the son of Prime Minster's brother
Malcom Rudd and another man staged a protest outside the Rod
Laver Arena against the recent spate of violence against
Indians in Melbourne.
The protest from Van Rudd came after eight men were
arrested for bashing of two Indian students overnight.
Carrying banners "Let the refugees in" and "no racist
attacks on Indians", Rudd and the other man refused to move
from the lawn outside the arena, saying they were protesting
because the Australian Government refused to acknowledge that
attacks on Indians were racist and that locking up asylum
seekers was wrong.
Their protest came on what the group branded
"Australia Day/Invasion Day".
After the pair refused repeated police requests to
leave, a police car eventually arrived and fine them.
"I'm not surprised, but at least we got the point
across," Rudd said as he was being bundled into the back of
the police car ten minutes after the protest began.
"The Australian Government has to act to save innocent
Indians and Tamils." PTI NC
DDC


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