▲ 661 ▼ Australian police beat an opposition politician so badly that she might lose an eye -- simply for being at an anti-genocide protest. (www.msn.com) submitted 1 year ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments More info
[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 year ago (2 children) NSW Police attempted to move the group on, claiming the action was unauthorised. This is scary to me, why do we need authorisation? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* Most western "democracies" turned protesting into a crime over the last 2 decades, under the guise of "national security" and other fallacies. Only a small percentage of the population took notice at the time, and the other 95+% are surprised that their rights were taken away when they weren't paying attention. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago Pretty much all protest rights were stripped away in the last decade state by state, mostly as a reaction to environmental and climate protestets. Liberal and Labor both supported them. Only the Greens and some of the minor parties and independents were against them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_governing_public_demonstrations_in_Australia I believe the last ones were Adelaide. But before that it was Melbourne, Sydney, etc. Its fucked and the major parties have zero desire to change the situation as it suits them. https://theconversation.com/laws-targeting-protesters-are-being-rushed-through-state-parliaments-but-they-are-often-poorly-designed-and-sometimes-unconstitutional-206103 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* Most western "democracies" turned protesting into a crime over the last 2 decades, under the guise of "national security" and other fallacies. Only a small percentage of the population took notice at the time, and the other 95+% are surprised that their rights were taken away when they weren't paying attention. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago Pretty much all protest rights were stripped away in the last decade state by state, mostly as a reaction to environmental and climate protestets. Liberal and Labor both supported them. Only the Greens and some of the minor parties and independents were against them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_governing_public_demonstrations_in_Australia I believe the last ones were Adelaide. But before that it was Melbourne, Sydney, etc. Its fucked and the major parties have zero desire to change the situation as it suits them. https://theconversation.com/laws-targeting-protesters-are-being-rushed-through-state-parliaments-but-they-are-often-poorly-designed-and-sometimes-unconstitutional-206103 permalink fedilink source parent