Pictorial coverage of Darwin's part in yesterday's national rally in support of Witness K and Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery, charged over the revelation that the Australian government bugged the Cabinet office of Timor-Leste in Dili during negotiations over the proposed maritime boundary between the two countries and exploitation of its energy reserves.
Held outside the NT Supreme Court , the event was organised by longtime East Timor activist Robert Wesley- Smith, seen below , wearing a made in Timor T-shirt, addressing the audience. Witness K and Collaery are regarded as heroes in Timor Leste .The T-shirt sports the message SOLIDARITY WITH WITNESS K AND BERNARD COLLAERY,with the lawyer's face in close up .
It was decided to call the only tree in the court carpark the East Timor Tree . Incredibly, the rally seems not to have been covered by the local media ,which is not unusual in so called local newspapers and other media in North Australia .
After the demo, Wesley-Smith entered the court building where there is a pictorial display , including one of his cousin, Chief Justice Brian Ross Martin , who presided over the Bradley Murdoch outback NT murder of Peter Falconio case ; another notorious case involved the 2005 Snowdon murders in South Australia .
In the l970s , Wesley -Smith appeared in the former Supreme Court building after having been arrested with others at gunpoint by defence force officers on a boat attempting to take supplies to East Timor.
UPCOMING: Profile (highly condensed) of a veteran Australian activist .
