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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Drew Pavlou says he is victim of ‘orchestrated campaign’ after arrest over false ‘bomb threat’

Drew Pavlou
Political activist Drew Pavlou is removed by security as he protests an address by China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, earlier in June. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Australian activist Drew Pavlou has said he was the victim of an “orchestrated campaign” before his arrest over a false “bomb threat” after it emerged that human rights leaders and politicians have been receiving emails from an account purporting to be him in recent days.

Pavlou was arrested after a “small peaceful human rights protest” outside the Chinese embassy in London, where he intended to glue his hand to the outside of the embassy building.

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