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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian judges weigh Indigenous activist’s bid to prosecute King Charles for genocide

Australia Monarch - (AAP)

Three Australian appeals court judges reserved their decision Wednesday on whether an activist can prosecute Britain’s King Charles III for alleged genocide of Australia’s Indigenous people.

Uncle Robbie Thorpe, 68, turned to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Victoria state after two lower courts rejected his bid to launch a private prosecution against the king in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. Indigenous Australians use the titles uncle and aunt as marks of respect for community elders.

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