'It is a blight on Australia's history that successive governments of various political persuasions have failed to uphold the rights of First Nations people,' said the Australia director for Human Rights Watch.
Indigenous groups in Australia on Sunday called for a 'Week of Silence' beginning Saturday night to protest what one campaigner called the 'gut-wrenching' outcome of a referendum that would have formally recognized Indigenous Australians in the country's Constitution and created a body to advise the government on policies that affect them.
Conservative campaigners spent months encouraging voters who were unfamiliar with the referendum to vote 'No' instead of learning more about it, with the slogan, 'If you don't know, vote no.
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