Protester detained in Sydney for wearing ‘globalise the intifada’ jacket says she should never have been arrested
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Protester detained in Sydney for wearing ‘globalise the intifada’ jacket says she should never have been arrested
'A protester detained in Sydney’s CBD while wearing a jacket that said “globalise the intifada” says she should “never have been arrested” and claims police told her the slogan was unlawful, despite them being unable to point to legislation banning its use.'
'For Palestinians and their supporters, the phrase can mean resistance against oppression but many Jewish groups and leaders see it as a call to violence against people of their faith.'
'But the woman said she didn’t consider “globalise the intifada” offensive as it “simply means shaking off, or uprising”. “This has got nothing to do with Judaism – Judaism and Zionism are not the same thing,” she said.'
Josh Lees, an organiser for the Australia-based Palestine Action Group, who was present at the protest, said the fact the woman had been released without charge showed her arrest was a “gross overreach”. “It’s a very disturbing portent of what may lie ahead if Minns’ threatened laws are passed, with peaceful, anti-genocide protesters being snatched off the streets,” he said. The president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Timothy Roberts, said more legislation was “not necessary, nor effective at stopping hate”. “We have a government that has restricted protest and freedom of speech in the face of cautions, like those from the NSW Law Reform Commission, which advise against changes to hate speech laws at the cost of infringing on our right to communicate with each other,” he said.'
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