Hannah Thomas: NSW police use emergency riot powers to justify arrest of pro-Palestine protester
State Greens member Sue Higginson complains to police watchdog alleging extraordinary powers applied ‘unlawfully or retrospectively’ against Thomas
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New South Wales police have been accused of unlawfully or retrospectively authorising emergency powers after it was revealed Hannah Thomas had been charged under a rarely used law introduced in the wake of the 2005 Cronulla riots.
The 35-year-old was arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney on 27 June that was attended by about 60 people. She was subsequently taken to hospital and this week will undergo a second round of surgery amid fears she could lose sight in her right eye. Continue reading...
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