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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore and Ima Caldwell

Sydney restaurant faces human rights complaint after temporarily denying entry to people wearing keffiyehs

Pro-Palestine protesters  on harbour bridge
Merivale says Jimmy’s Falafel was patronised by many who participated in the Sydney Harbour Bridge protest march on 3 August, including ‘many, many people wearing keffiyehs and hijabs’. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/AAP

The Racial Justice Centre is preparing to file a group complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission after a Sydney restaurant denied dine-in service to people wearing Palestinian keffiyehs during a 20-minute period last weekend.

The legal centre will file the complaint to Australia’s national anti-discrimination body on behalf of six Palestinian complainants, regarding an incident that took place on 3 August at Merivale-owned Jimmy’s Falafel in the Sydney CBD after the Sydney Harbour Bridge march, first reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.

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