cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/31857458
Great, hope-giving article.
Stephen Heydt [the Jewish man] was one of 22 people arrested at the weekend for the display and reciting of one of two expressions frequently chanted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators that were prohibited under Queensland laws last month – taking the overall total to 25…
The criminal lawyer Terry O’Gorman said the events of the weekend harken back to the dark days of police repression under the corrupt former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
A name synonymous with the fight for civil liberties in the sunshine state, O’Gorman compared the laws to an amendment Bjelke-Petersen made to the traffic act in September 1977 that essentially suppressed the right to street protests. Mass arrests followed.
The activist group Justice for Palestine Magan-djin has said it would be coordinating a high court challenge to the laws, arguing it was invalid law under the Australian constitution.
Well, this will certainly be interesting. Prosecuting a Jewish person for anti-Semitism? What’s the charge? Stop hitting yourself?
wearing a succulent shirt, it’s democracy manifest!
that aside, plenty of jewish people in the Labour party in the UK were accused of anti-semitism and booted out
After several years, a Jewish man, expelled from the Labour Party for antisemitism has been exonerated, but is not going to rejoin the Party .
I’m not sure what all become.of this, you don’t want the US style system but we seem to have gone too far.
It certainly is interesting. It may show how flawed the law is.
I got this today pointing out very well why banning the phrase is wrong and mentions the Qld Jewish man and what his stance represents: https://www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/from-the-river-to-the-sea-why-banning-a-phrase-is-a-bad-idea?cid=041a981b-853b-4355-a7b0-1182c033c5f6
