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From: " JenJewel Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:41:34 +1000
To: "jen jewel brown" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: March For Civil Liberties, Sat Oct 22, 1pm Parliament House
Dear Friends,
Thought you might be interested in this, and if you're in town, checking
out the case for "no"...
xJen
Subject: Defend civil rights rally - Saturday, 22 October 1.00 pm
Rally for Civil Liberties
Parliament House - Spring St
Saturday October 22nd at 1pm
MC-ROD QUANTOCK
SPEAKERS:
Senator Bob Brown
Brian Walters (Liberty Victoria),
Urfa Masood (Muslim Barrister),
Marika Dias (Anti-Terror Law Expert),
Iain Murray (Friends of Scott Parkin),
Joseph Toscano (People for Constitutional Human Rights).
MUSIC (Penelope Swales) & STREET THEATRE
New Laws Revealed!
- 14 day Preventative Detention Without Charge
- 5 years jail for revealing detention,
- Federal Police given power to use lethal force to enforce Detention
- Control Orders involving tracking devices and home detention which can
be extended indefinitely
- Sedition Laws with up to 7 years jail for criticising the government,
calling for peaceful civil disobedience or supporting the rights of
people to resist occupation
They lied to us about Weapons of Mass Destruction, they lied to us about
Children Overboard and now they want us to trust them when they say
these new laws are for our own safety!!
ENDORSED BY : Liberty Victoria • Federation of Community Legal Centres •
Greenpeace • Friends of the Earth •National Union of Students •
Federation of Australian Muslim Students and Youth • Friends of Scott
Parkin • Australian Centre for
Democracy and Justice • Lesbian and Gay Solidarity• Nuclear Free
Australia • Anarchist Black Cross • International Socialist Org.
•People for Constitutional Human rights •Melb Stop the War Coalition
NEW POSTER FOR RALLY ATTACHED: Please put up Poster and email through
contacts
Click Poster Link
http://democracyandjustice.org/civilliberties
SEE LINK TO DRAFT OF NEW TERROR LAWS BELOW
http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au/whats_new.asp?title=What's%20New
Interesting Age Piece on "anti-terror laws:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/michelle-grattan/deflating-terrors-bubble/2005
/10/15/1128796745073.html
xJen
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Jen Jewel Brown
(03) 9459 0737
0408 898 338
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