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Wednesday, 10 November 1982
Page: 2991

To the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of the undersigned citizens of Australia respectfully sheweth:

That the present government of El Salvador has been responsible for the deaths of at least 10,000 people in 1980 alone; and that it has been condemned as one of the worst human rights violators in the world by organisations such as Amnesty International and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Therefore we humbly request that the government of the Commonwealth of Australia,

(i) urge the government of the United States of America to immediately cease all military aid to the government of El Salvador;

(ii) support the freedom of the Salvadoran people against the governing military dictatorship.

And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.

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