Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Was the violent Sydney protest avoidable, and what can police and demonstrators learn?

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Simon Bronitt, Professor of Law, University of Sydney

The police role as a “thin blue line” between public order and chaos was tested in Sydney’s CBD on Monday night.

Videos have captured the violent clashes between police and some of the thousands of protesters who gathered at the Town Hall to protest the presence of Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Australia.

One video shows a police officer repeatedly punching a man lying prone on the street, his hands pinned behind him.

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has defended the actions of the police in Sydney, saying they faced an “impossible situation”.

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