A member of the Stolen Generations says that Australian Aboriginal children have been used as experimental specimens for testing the effects of new medicines. The tests proved to be life threatening for the meek Aborigines who feel shameful even speaking about it. If this incident were true, it is not the victimized Aborigines who should be shameful about the entire incident, but all those so-called ‘highly educated people’ who are using them for experimental purposes. It is understood that they are conducting these experiments on a sample population to benefit a larger population with the invented medications. But is it right to sacrifice innocent lives for the benefit of others? Nowadays, with the advancement in simulation technology, it is possible to predict the outcomes of a particular drug without actually trying the drugs out on any life form.
It is pathetic to acknowledge that not only human beings but also animals are being ruthlessly used for experimental purposes. In this case it might be a leprosy serum, but even for testing some products like cosmetics, animals are being targeted. In some countries, stringent human and animal rights laws have been formulated to protect against experimental abuse. These laws are to be incorporated into the legal framework of even the remotest civilizations of the world. It is the responsibility of each and every citizen to raise his/her voice against any violation of these laws. Nobody has the right to play with the life of another.
via: ABC News
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First the Australian ’white’ government had forcibly taken the children of mixed parentage from their parents and now they are using them as lab animals. The entire world should condemn this act of the Australian government.
I agree such practices are really cruel and any government implementing them should be throughly condemned.
I am sorry but this is a lot of ”ifs”. It is an allegation that is yet to be confirmed. If it is true I hope there is paperwork to back it up and not some word of mouth theory.
Arpita and your comments on the alledged ”Stolen Generation”. I agree that mistakes were made by the Australian governments from 1900 to 1972.
It is estimated that 30,000 children were removed in that period of 70 years. It wasn’t just aboriginal children removed by also children with a cuacasion parent and also children with both parents being caucasion.
All countries have things that shame them and this is one of Australias.
If we started looking at India and since it took over control from the British in 1947.
There would be a very long list.
Yes, we all hope that nothing of the kind mentioned in the article has actually happened..because if it did it is an unforgivable crime
How did 30,000 become a lost generation..? I still don’t understand..At first it seemed a type of colonial casta, but from 2 caucasian parents as well? Hopefully, it is a purely hypothetical claim.
Hi Oscar...nice to see you here. Let’s hope that this turns out to be purely hypothetical claim. Otherwise, the world cannot tolerate the thought of such a lot of cruelty being meted out to these humble natives of Australia.
Leena, I have heard of guinea pigs, mice and monkeys being used for such experiments. I have always condemned these experiments because every life should be treated equal irrespective of its life form.
Under such circumstances, if leprosy serums are tested on human being no matter what denomination they belong to, it is unpardonable. In fact, it is criminal and should be punished.
Hi Vincent…nice to see you here. Yes, every life regardless of the form deserves utmost respect. Conducting laboratory tests on any life form is a heinous crime, and as you said, punishable. Our researchers have to find other ways to test the products they invent
reminds me of the nazi concentration camps!
Hi Shahwar...you are correct. This experiment does remind one of the cruelty that was meted out in the Nazi concepntration camps.Let’s hope its not true
sorry for deviating from the topic, but your post is so apt to what i saw recently, that i could not resist!
you see, the nazi concentration camps, also had Clinics!
these were Even ghastlier and deadlier than the camps themselves!
the inmates were operated upon and amputated at free will!
but most importantly the fact which is relevant to your post is that big pharmaceutical companies of the world used to send in their toxic drugs to be tested upon THE INMATES!
and the results, trust me, were GRUESOME!
there’s a disturbing documentary on the concentration camps which i saw recently, and there has been nothing so detailed till date, which i have seen!
Thanks for sharing this information with all of us out here, Shahwar. Its rather shocking to know that the Nazi clinics meted out such a horrendous treatment to their inmates. God bless the victims!
Very cruel.
Hello Rameshji...I think I am seeing you for the first time on my blog.I agree with you. Of course it is very cruel to treat human beings like guinea pigs for experimental purposes
Why they use aborigin children?
i’m sad to heard this , it’s example of child exploitation , i think
As an Australian myself, I have never heard even a whisper of something like this. At least from where I’m standing, Australia and its government is very concerned with protecting Indiginous Australian’s rights.
I would like to know your source for such information or at least when the claim was made. Was this during the time of the ’stolen generation’ (1869-1970s) our more recently?
I apolagize, I did not notice the ABC link. However, my understanding is that this is something that happened during the time of the stolen generation and is not a current happening?