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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Catie McLeod and Tamsin Rose

Experts slam ‘disproportionate’ NSW approach to pro-Palestine rallies as government threatens ‘full force’ of law

People take part in a pro-Palestinian rally at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, October 9, 2023
Law and civil liberties experts say the government’s response to planned pro-Palestine demonstrations has been ‘unnuanced’. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Human rights and legal experts have condemned the New South Wales government’s “escalating”, “unnuanced” and “disproportionate” rhetoric and response to pro-Palestinian protesters following a rally at the Opera House.

NSW authorities have vowed to stop marches from proceeding while protesters have promised to “march next week and every week” after a “static demonstration” in Hyde Park this Sunday.

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