Самые сильные снимки с протестных акций Black Lives Matter по всей Австралии

Это было проявление боли, гнева и солидарности в огромном масштабе: десятки тысяч коренных и некоренных австралийцев шли бок о бок ради реальных и долгосрочных перемен.

Protesters took a knee at Sydney's Belmore Park and held a minute silence for Indigenous Australians who have died in custody. Source: AAP

В субботу десятки тысяч людей собрались на акции протеста Black Lives Matter в регионах и столицах Австралии, призывая положить конец насилию в отношении коренных народов.

Акции были вдохновлены продолжающимися протестами в Соединенных Штатах после гибели Джорджа Флойда, который умер во время ареста в Миннеаполисе.

Премьер-министр и власти велели демонстрантам оставаться дома из-за коронавируса, но они все же вышли на улицы в большом количестве, чтобы требовать справедливости для аборигенов и жителей островов Торресова пролива.

Общенациональные демонстрации были в подавляющем большинстве мирными, если не считать конфронтации в Сиднее, где полицейские распылили перцовый газ на группу протестующих.

#BLM was written in skywriting in Sydney on Saturday morning. Source: AAP

Aboriginal Elders participating in a traditional smoke ceremony in front of Sydney Town Hall at the Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney. Source: AAP

Man kneels and offers hand to officer in Sydney at the Black Lives Matter protest. Source: AAP

These women are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and calling for an end to racism. Source: SBS News: Nick Baker.

Protester stands for a racial equality at Sydney rally. Source: AAP

Police on horseback monitor the crowd. One man, who was shouting "all lives matter" was taken away in handcuffs and later released. Source: AAP

南澳舉辦有史以來在大型但亦最有秩序的游行活動。 Source: AAP

Former NRL player and Wiradjuri man Joe Williams kneels with protesters at Wagga Wagga Black Lives Matter rally. Source: Twitter: Joe Williams

Serkalem Mulu, Achamyalesh Mulu, and Mariam Kaba attended a vigil in Hobart Source: Sarah Maunder/SBS News

A young girl holds a sign at a Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney. Source: SBS News: Nick Baker

Thousands of protesters took a knee in Sydney at 4.32pm to mark the 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991. Source: AAP

Leetona Dungay, whose son David Dungay Jr died in Long Bay jail in 2015, moments after the NSW Court of Appeal authorised the rally. Source: AAP

Hundreds of people participated in the Brisbane rally Source: AAP

Protesters during a march in Brisbane Source: AAP

Protesters in Melbourne gather in front of Flinders Street Station Source: AAP

Many protesters, including these two in Melbourne, wore face masks. (AAP) Source: AAP

Police spray protesters with pepper spray inside Central Station after a Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney. Source: AAP