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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mostafa Rachwani Community affairs reporter

Pro-Palestine protesters condemn ‘obvious red herring’ as NSW police cite planter box safety hazards in rally ban bid

Pro-Palestine protest in Sydney
NSW police suggested this weekend’s protests be moved to Hyde Park. The rallies have expanded following Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Sydney police told organisers of a pro-Palestine rally planned for this weekend they had safety concerns over the expected crowd size and potential hazards at Town Hall including “the recent addition of over a dozen planter boxes”.

But protest organisers have said the move to block events from going ahead was “a political attack on our right to protest” – and said pointing to the planter boxes was an “obvious red herring”.

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