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Andrew Stroehlein

A 15-month prison sentence for taking part in a peaceful protest that blocked a bit of traffic for 25 minutes?

➡️ Seriously, Australia??

My #HumanRights newsletter today: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2022/12/02

Seriously, Australia?: Daily Brief

15 months in prison for a peaceful protest? “Seriously, Australia?” asks @astroehlein in today’s Daily Brief:

Human Rights Watch
Dec 2, 2022 at 1:12pmWeb
Show threadCagedMonsterDec 2, 2022
@andrewstroehlein sheesh
Show threadGeorgeKDec 2, 2022
@andrewstroehlein is it the UK learning from Australia or the other way round? Or perhaps they just came to the same conclusion independently that the best way to tackle climate emergency is to incarcerate the protesters?
Show threadGrinning Cat Dec 2, 2022
@georgek @andrewstroehlein Several US states are doing the same thing, disproportionately criminalizing protests that threaten the capitalist status quo.
Show threadKira 🗡 He/TheyDec 2, 2022
@georgek @andrewstroehlein I think they both learned it from us in the states maybe
Show threadMartin Boller     Dec 2, 2022
@andrewstroehlein Does the word proportionality exist in Aussie English?
Show threadGrinning Cat Dec 2, 2022

@andrewstroehlein Outrageous!

Also covered here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/02/climate-activist-who-blocked-traffic-on-sydney-harbour-bridge-jailed-for-at-least-eight-months

Climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge jailed for at least eight months

Lawyers for Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco, who stopped traffic for 25 minutes in April, say it is ‘outrageous’ their client was refused bail before an appeal next year

The Guardian
Show threadfmc01Dec 4, 2022
@andrewstroehlein Wait until you see our secret trials …… https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2022/7/29/no-place-for-secret-trials-in-australia-reform-needed-to-improve-national-security-law
No place for secret trials in Australia, reform needed to improve national security law | Human Rights Law Centre

The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed a finding from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, a national security watchdog, that the level of secrecy in the trial of an intelligence officer known as Witness J should not have occurred and can never be repeated.

Human Rights Law Centre