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Substantive charges against Max Brenner protesters dropped

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 23/07/2012 - 7:21pm

The substantive charges against the Max Brenner 19 (besetting and trespass in a public place) have been dismissed this morning in court. 5 defendants are however still in court fighting specific charges of resist arrest and assault police.

The decision on the substantive charges is nonetheless a big win for our right to protest in public places in Melbourne. We have beaten back their attempts to criminalize dissent and their attempts to silence a public pro-Palestine voice in Australia.

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Students for Palestine

Statement read out on the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court steps by one of the Boycott Israel 19

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 10:56am

Statement read by Jerome Small - one of the Defend the Boycott Israel 19 on May 1st outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court, on the first day of their trial.

Our first task is to acknowledge that where we are standing right now is stolen land, and that the Wurundjeri people and the Kulin nations have never surrendered this land, nor given up their sovereignty.

Our next task is to acknowledge the colossal, life and death struggle being waged as we speak by Palestinian prisoners inside the jails of Apartheid Israel.

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Melbourne
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BDS movement
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Palestine protesters on trial in Melbourne Magistrates' Court

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 12:54pm

Palestine solidarity on trial

For three weeks in May, the right to peacefully protest will be on trial in Melbourne.

ON 1 MAY, 19 Melbourne activists will be put on trial for their political activity. In a precedent setting case, these pro-Palestine activists will be fighting a variety of charges designed to criminalise dissent in Baillieu’s Victoria and intimidate supporters of Palestine in Australia.

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Melbourne
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BDS campaign
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right to protest

“Arrests of Palestine solidarity activists must be condemned” says Geelong Trades Hall secretary

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 10/08/2011 - 6:04pm

“Supporters of free speech and our right to protest must condemn today’s early morning arrests of Palestine solidarity activists,” said Tim Gooden, secretary of Geelong Trades Hall.

“Since being elected last November, the Baillieu government has begun cracking down on our right to protest.

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Melbourne
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BDS movement
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