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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Christopher Knaus

Bernard Collaery likens his prosecution by Australia to a ‘Moscow show trial’

Bernard Collaery, at a press conference
Lawyer Bernard Collaery has told the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties that while the Coalition government that drove the prosecution against him was voted out, ‘elements that supported poor policy decision making remain within the bureaucracy’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Bernard Collaery has likened his prosecution to a “Moscow show trial” and said the Coalition pursued him and former spy Witness K in an attempt to hide the “dirty linen” of its dealings in Timor-Leste.

In his first speech since the case against him was dropped, Collaery on Wednesday night gave an excoriating assessment of the protracted, secretive prosecution that he said caused immense turmoil for him, his family and friends, and his legal team.

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