Yami Lester

Australian Aboriginal and anti-nuclear activist.
Died on Saturday July 22nd 2017

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@ClairePParting2: RT @SuckMyLEFTJuan: Vale #YamiLester. We have lost one of our most courageous freedom fighters. I will never forget his struggle to...https… - 7 years ago

@ClairePParting2: RT @NukeDaveSweeney: A man with no sight but always a clear and constant vision. RIP #YamiLester - 7 years ago

@gayedemanuele: RT @NukeDaveSweeney: A man with no sight but always a clear and constant vision. RIP #YamiLester - 7 years ago

@VanessaFiji: RT @WgarNews: #YamiLester #OAM, an #OutbackHero who opened nation’s eyes to #HumanCost of #NuclearTests committed on #AUS soil - 7 years ago

@ClairePParting2: RT @WgarNews: #YamiLester: #tributes follow loss of #AboriginalElder, #Maralinga #AntiNuclearActivist - 7 years ago

@ClairePParting2: RT @WgarNews: Vale #YamiLester: #AboriginalActivist, #AboriginalElder & #AntiNuclear #campaigner @RBJRON - 7 years ago

@ClairePParting2: RT @WgarNews: @RBJRON A Tribute To #YamiLester #Yankunytjatjara #AboriginalElder, #OrderOfAustralia, #NuclearTestSurvivor @NuclearFreeAus… - 7 years ago

@SlowBurnOz: RT @WgarNews: #YamiLester #OAM, an #OutbackHero who opened nation’s eyes to #HumanCost of #NuclearTests committed on #AUS soil - 7 years ago

@SlowBurnOz: RT @WgarNews: #YamiLester is mourned: his #daughters carry on the #AntiNuclearFight 'Rosemary & Karina are carrying on #theFight' - 7 years ago

@SlowBurnOz: RT @WgarNews: Vale #YamiLester: #AboriginalActivist, #AboriginalElder & #AntiNuclear #campaigner @RBJRON - 7 years ago

@watt_shane: RT @WgarNews: @RBJRON A Tribute To #YamiLester #Yankunytjatjara #AboriginalElder, #OrderOfAustralia, #NuclearTestSurvivor @NuclearFreeAus… - 7 years ago

@RachelQuayle08: RT @WgarNews: #Yami was 'a staunch #AboriginalLandRights #activist in handback of #Anangu #Pitjantjatjara (#APYlands) to #TOs' - 7 years ago

@SlowBurnOz: RT @WgarNews: #Yami was 'a staunch #AboriginalLandRights #activist in handback of #Anangu #Pitjantjatjara (#APYlands) to #TOs' - 7 years ago

@scientificusrex: RT @WgarNews: @RBJRON A Tribute To #YamiLester #Yankunytjatjara #AboriginalElder, #OrderOfAustralia, #NuclearTestSurvivor @NuclearFreeAus… - 7 years ago

@MinhKular: RT @WgarNews: @RBJRON A Tribute To #YamiLester #Yankunytjatjara #AboriginalElder, #OrderOfAustralia, #NuclearTestSurvivor @NuclearFreeAus… - 7 years ago

@SlowBurnOz: RT @WgarNews: @RBJRON A Tribute To #YamiLester #Yankunytjatjara #AboriginalElder, #OrderOfAustralia, #NuclearTestSurvivor @NuclearFreeAus… - 7 years ago

@opa1420: RT @WgarNews: @RBJRON A Tribute To #YamiLester #Yankunytjatjara #AboriginalElder, #OrderOfAustralia, #NuclearTestSurvivor @NuclearFreeAus… - 7 years ago

@Quickieleaks: Yami Lester: tributes follow death of Aboriginal elder and Maralinga activist - 7 years ago

@Quickieleaks: RT @NukeDaveSweeney: A man with no sight but always a clear and constant vision. RIP #YamiLester - 7 years ago

@Quickieleaks: RT @WgarNews: #YamiLester is mourned: his #daughters carry on the #AntiNuclearFight 'Rosemary & Karina are carrying on #theFight' - 7 years ago

@DiaNuke_org: Vale Yami Lester: Aboriginal activist, elder and anti-nuclear campaigner - 7 years ago

@nthistorian: RT @AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@DiaNuke_org: Our heartfelt tributes to Yami Lester, the legendary voice who relentlessly exposed the affects of nuclear tests... - 7 years ago

@carowenzel: RT @NITV: “Despite his own personal challenges, he inspired so many Australians to never give up fighting for justice.” - 7 years ago

@atsimaAU: RT @AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@stanleyward90: Aboriginal leader Yami Lester dies at 75 - 7 years ago

@WgarNews: Vale #YamiLester: #AboriginalActivist, #AboriginalElder & #AntiNuclear #campaigner @RBJRON - 7 years ago

@theowpeace: A Tribute To Yami Lester: Yankunytjatjara Elder, Order Of Australia, And Nuclear Test Survivor - 7 years ago

@LeyLyndall: RT @AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@NativeSpiritUK: RT @AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@cwrestsmith: RT @Scottludlam: vale yami lester - 7 years ago

@OccuWorld: Vale Yami Lester: Aboriginal activist, elder and anti-nuclear campaigner - 7 years ago

@wintelkiller: RT @ABCaustralia: Yami Lester was only a child when the black mist of nuclear tests passed over his family's camp - 7 years ago

@wintelkiller: RT @abcnewsNT: Yami Lester: Aboriginal activist, elder and nuclear campaigner dies at 75. Read more: - 7 years ago

@lmarc7: RT @AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@Simon_A_Wood: RT @greenleftweekly: Vale Yami Lester: Aboriginal activist, elder and anti-nuclear campaigner - 7 years ago

@MinhKular: RT @SlowBurnOz: #aboriginaltalk @WgarNews In honour of a great man take 30 minutes to read about his life & accomplishments - 7 years ago

@WgarNews: RT @SlowBurnOz: #aboriginaltalk @WgarNews In honour of a great man take 30 minutes to read about his life & accomplishments - 7 years ago

@Wombat389: RT @AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@9mmcinema: RT @academylane: 豪州先住民のYami Lesterさんが亡くなった。１９５０年代に英国が南豪州で行なった核実験で、本人が黒い霧と表現した爆風に曝され、後に失明、核実験による豪州先住民の被害を政府に認めさせ、反核運動に尽力して来た。 - 7 years ago

@greenleftweekly: Vale Yami Lester: Aboriginal activist, elder and anti-nuclear campaigner - 7 years ago

@news_left: Vale Yami Lester: Aboriginal activist, elder and anti-nuclear campaigner - 7 years ago

@Catfish_2010: RT @academylane: 豪州先住民のYami Lesterさんが亡くなった。１９５０年代に英国が南豪州で行なった核実験で、本人が黒い霧と表現した爆風に曝され、後に失明、核実験による豪州先住民の被害を政府に認めさせ、反核運動に尽力して来た。 - 7 years ago

@TimoteoSHonesto: RT @billshortenmp: Blinded by a bomb dropped by his own government. A champion of his people and our country. Vale Yami Lester. - 7 years ago

@NSLA: RT @AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@furious_inc: RT @AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@AIATSIS: We pay respects to Yami Lester. An AIATSIS member for over 30 years & a campaigner after impacts of #Maralinga - 7 years ago

@guantai5: RT @flashblak: "In 1953 I was 10 when the bombs went off at Maralinga. I got sick & went blind from the fallout. Our ppl got sick & died."… - 7 years ago

@vallancr: RT @NITV: “Despite his own personal challenges, he inspired so many Australians to never give up fighting for justice.” - 7 years ago

@achesonray: RT @ican_australia: Our latest newsletter: Vale Yami Lester, commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and #nuclearban dinner - 7 years ago

@NoNukesQueers: RT @ican_australia: Our latest newsletter: Vale Yami Lester, commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and #nuclearban dinner - 7 years ago

@navynotnuclear: RT @ican_australia: Vale Yami Lester, Yankunytjatjara elder who survived nuclear testing and fought for a nuclear free world. Image: 4 gen… - 7 years ago

@BMBC60: RT @NukeDaveSweeney: A man with no sight but always a clear and constant vision. RIP #YamiLester - 7 years ago

@WalkatjurraWalk: RT @NukeDaveSweeney: A man with no sight but always a clear and constant vision. RIP #YamiLester - 7 years ago

@yenda59: RT @SlowBurnOz: #aboriginaltalk @WgarNews In honour of a great man take 30 minutes to read about his life & accomplishments - 7 years ago

@smithyssupceleb: RT @NITVRadio: Yankunytjatjara Elder and activist, Kumanara Lester (the word used for people who have passed away) fought hard... - 7 years ago

@PeyotePhoenix: RT @IndigenousXLtd: Yami Lester, who was blinded as a child by the infamous 'black mist' after Maralinga nuclear testing, has passed away.… - 7 years ago

@suzipeep: RT @mariemcinerney: "I had a great dad, he was such a wonderful man". Karina Lester pays tribute to Yami Lester (from 30:45) - 7 years ago

@GroperBlue: RT @ican_australia: Our latest newsletter: Vale Yami Lester, commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and #nuclearban dinner - 7 years ago

@Simon_A_Wood: RT @ican_australia: Our latest newsletter: Vale Yami Lester, commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and #nuclearban dinner - 7 years ago

@McIntyreGregory: RT @mariemcinerney: "I had a great dad, he was such a wonderful man". Karina Lester pays tribute to Yami Lester (from 30:45) - 7 years ago

@JackHigh4: RT @mariemcinerney: "I had a great dad, he was such a wonderful man". Karina Lester pays tribute to Yami Lester (from 30:45) - 7 years ago

@ChristineMilne: RT @mariemcinerney: "I had a great dad, he was such a wonderful man". Karina Lester pays tribute to Yami Lester (from 30:45) - 7 years ago

@Pete_Burdon: RT @mariemcinerney: "I had a great dad, he was such a wonderful man". Karina Lester pays tribute to Yami Lester (from 30:45) - 7 years ago

@NSLA: RT @ABCaustralia: Yami Lester was only a child when the black mist of nuclear tests passed over his family's camp - 7 years ago

@NSLA: RT @abcnewsNT: Yami Lester: Aboriginal activist, elder and nuclear campaigner dies at 75. Read more: - 7 years ago

@ican_australia: Our latest newsletter: Vale Yami Lester, commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and #nuclearban dinner… - 7 years ago

@BrettBeattie: RT @AlexCheers1: @pgarrett Such a sad week for the indigenous community. Gurrumul along with Yami Lester and Stephen Goldsmith all passing.… - 7 years ago

@rissless: RT @pjsalam_salam: Ngadlu kuntu pungkurrinthi. For the warriors. Uncle Stevie Goldmith Yami Lester Dr G Yunupingu 💔 🖤💛❤️ - 7 years ago

@paterson_sam: Lester, blinded by 1950s British atomic test, campaigned to get recognition for 1,800 Indigenous Australians - 7 years ago

@Wombat389: ‘Karina Lester pays tribute to her father, Yami Lester’ on #SoundCloud #np - 7 years ago