Activists to rally to drop the charges over Herzog rally
Stop the War on Palestine will protest outside the Downing Centre Court at 8:30am Wednesday April 22 where one of the protesters arrested at the rally in February against Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to appear in court. The protest will demand all charges on the Herzog protestors are dropped, call for justice for those injured by police and oppose plans to ban the Palestine protest slogan ‘Globalise the Intifada’.
Speakers include:
- Sylvie Ellsmore, City of Sydney Greens Councillor
- Paul Keating, Maritime Union of Australia Sydney Branch Secretary
- Vince Caughley, National Tertiary Education Union NSW Division Secretary
- Adam Adelpour, Stop the War on Palestine
- Siena Hopper, protestor charged at the protest against Isaac Herzog
- Charlotte Mac Sweeney, Watch the Cops spokesperson
Stop the War on Palestine spokesperson Adam Adelpour said, “NSW’s highest court has struck down Chris Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws. This is a vindication of all those that opposed and stood in defiance of these unconstitutional laws, especially during the protest against war criminal Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
“The charges against protesters who attended the demonstration against Herzog must be dropped now. It is simply deplorable that the victims of an unconstitutional police crackdown are the ones before the courts, not the Premier or the police who inflicted countless injuries, many serious.
“Minns’ attack on the democratic rights of the people of NSW has failed and he stands condemned. He must resign immediately,” he continued.
“Minns’ plan to ban the phrase ‘Globalise the Intifada’ is every bit as undemocratic as his now buried anti-protest laws. If he doesn’t withdraw the ban and tries to go ahead with it we will fight it in the streets and courts just like we did the anti-protest laws.”
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