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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mostafa Rachwani

Pro-Palestinian protesters call NSW police attempt to block rally on 7 October ‘an attack on fundamental democratic rights’

Police at a Free Palestine rally outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney on 9 October 2023.
Police at a Free Palestine rally outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney on 9 October 2023. Police have said they are ‘not satisfied that the protest could proceed safely’ on 7 October 2024. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The organisers behind the weekly pro-Palestine protests have criticised New South Wales police for their decision to apply to the state’s supreme court to prevent two rallies from going ahead on 6 and 7 October.

Palestine Action Group (PAG) had informed police of the protests and submitted the required paperwork request, known as form 1, for both.

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