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| Iraqis protest against polling decision |
| 2005-01-05 |
| About 200 Iraqis living in Western Australia have rallied outside the United Nations office in East Perth over being denied the chance to vote in this month's Iraqi election. Postal voting centres in Australia have been limited to Victoria and New South Wales, where most of Australia's Iraqis live. Eligible voters living in WA would have to fly interstate to vote. Protest organiser Ibrahim Al Ab Shawi told the rally that the decision was unfair and urged the UN to reverse it. "It's another way of saying don't vote," he said. "It is a prohibitive process and frustrating actually but we won't accept that." |
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