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The Advertiser
a day ago
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Arrests over Gaza protest at fighter jet-linked firm
Police have arrested five people for protesting Israel's war in Gaza outside the premises of an Australian firm linked to the manufacturing of fighter jets used by the IDF. A picket at SEC Plating in Belmore in Sydney's west escalated on Friday morning when NSW Police clashed with protesters, allegedly leaving one woman with facial injuries. The Sydney company is reportedly providing plating services for various parts used in F-35 jets, of which the Israeli military has about 40. Legal Observers NSW said the clashes escalated when police issued the protesters with a move-on order and were arrested for not complying with a police direction. "People were walking on the footpath when police issued them a baseless move-on direction and then assaulted protesters when they asked for an explanation," Legal Observers NSW spokesman Adam al-Hayek said. NSW Police said a "scuffle" had ensued between the two groups when officers attempted to arrest protesters who were not complying with the directions. Officers had earlier issued a move-on direction to a group of about 60 protesters before arresting a 29-year-old woman who failed to move, NSW Police said in a statement. Three more protesters were arrested after a second move-on order, including a 35-year-old woman who suffered facial injuries and was taken to hospital, the statement said. A 24-year-old man was arrested after allegedly taking an officer's body-worn camera. The five arrested protesters were granted bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court on July 15. One of the arrested protesters, Rising Tide organiser Zack Schofield, said he witnessed a "sickening" police assault against one of the protesters. Another detained protester, Maritime Union of Australia organiser Shane Reside, alleged he was targeted for arrest by police for calling out their actions. Greens senator David Shoebridge told AAP he expected the incident to result in not only a referral to the NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission but other legal action. "When police are deployed to protect weapons companies instead of protecting the right to peaceful protest, we must ask whose interests they are really serving," he said in a statement. "The arrest of multiple peaceful protesters who are calling for Australia to stop arming a genocide shows how far we've moved from protecting peaceful dissent." Police have arrested five people for protesting Israel's war in Gaza outside the premises of an Australian firm linked to the manufacturing of fighter jets used by the IDF. A picket at SEC Plating in Belmore in Sydney's west escalated on Friday morning when NSW Police clashed with protesters, allegedly leaving one woman with facial injuries. The Sydney company is reportedly providing plating services for various parts used in F-35 jets, of which the Israeli military has about 40. Legal Observers NSW said the clashes escalated when police issued the protesters with a move-on order and were arrested for not complying with a police direction. "People were walking on the footpath when police issued them a baseless move-on direction and then assaulted protesters when they asked for an explanation," Legal Observers NSW spokesman Adam al-Hayek said. NSW Police said a "scuffle" had ensued between the two groups when officers attempted to arrest protesters who were not complying with the directions. Officers had earlier issued a move-on direction to a group of about 60 protesters before arresting a 29-year-old woman who failed to move, NSW Police said in a statement. Three more protesters were arrested after a second move-on order, including a 35-year-old woman who suffered facial injuries and was taken to hospital, the statement said. A 24-year-old man was arrested after allegedly taking an officer's body-worn camera. The five arrested protesters were granted bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court on July 15. One of the arrested protesters, Rising Tide organiser Zack Schofield, said he witnessed a "sickening" police assault against one of the protesters. Another detained protester, Maritime Union of Australia organiser Shane Reside, alleged he was targeted for arrest by police for calling out their actions. Greens senator David Shoebridge told AAP he expected the incident to result in not only a referral to the NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission but other legal action. "When police are deployed to protect weapons companies instead of protecting the right to peaceful protest, we must ask whose interests they are really serving," he said in a statement. "The arrest of multiple peaceful protesters who are calling for Australia to stop arming a genocide shows how far we've moved from protecting peaceful dissent." Police have arrested five people for protesting Israel's war in Gaza outside the premises of an Australian firm linked to the manufacturing of fighter jets used by the IDF. A picket at SEC Plating in Belmore in Sydney's west escalated on Friday morning when NSW Police clashed with protesters, allegedly leaving one woman with facial injuries. The Sydney company is reportedly providing plating services for various parts used in F-35 jets, of which the Israeli military has about 40. Legal Observers NSW said the clashes escalated when police issued the protesters with a move-on order and were arrested for not complying with a police direction. "People were walking on the footpath when police issued them a baseless move-on direction and then assaulted protesters when they asked for an explanation," Legal Observers NSW spokesman Adam al-Hayek said. NSW Police said a "scuffle" had ensued between the two groups when officers attempted to arrest protesters who were not complying with the directions. Officers had earlier issued a move-on direction to a group of about 60 protesters before arresting a 29-year-old woman who failed to move, NSW Police said in a statement. Three more protesters were arrested after a second move-on order, including a 35-year-old woman who suffered facial injuries and was taken to hospital, the statement said. A 24-year-old man was arrested after allegedly taking an officer's body-worn camera. The five arrested protesters were granted bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court on July 15. One of the arrested protesters, Rising Tide organiser Zack Schofield, said he witnessed a "sickening" police assault against one of the protesters. Another detained protester, Maritime Union of Australia organiser Shane Reside, alleged he was targeted for arrest by police for calling out their actions. Greens senator David Shoebridge told AAP he expected the incident to result in not only a referral to the NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission but other legal action. "When police are deployed to protect weapons companies instead of protecting the right to peaceful protest, we must ask whose interests they are really serving," he said in a statement. "The arrest of multiple peaceful protesters who are calling for Australia to stop arming a genocide shows how far we've moved from protecting peaceful dissent." Police have arrested five people for protesting Israel's war in Gaza outside the premises of an Australian firm linked to the manufacturing of fighter jets used by the IDF. A picket at SEC Plating in Belmore in Sydney's west escalated on Friday morning when NSW Police clashed with protesters, allegedly leaving one woman with facial injuries. The Sydney company is reportedly providing plating services for various parts used in F-35 jets, of which the Israeli military has about 40. Legal Observers NSW said the clashes escalated when police issued the protesters with a move-on order and were arrested for not complying with a police direction. "People were walking on the footpath when police issued them a baseless move-on direction and then assaulted protesters when they asked for an explanation," Legal Observers NSW spokesman Adam al-Hayek said. NSW Police said a "scuffle" had ensued between the two groups when officers attempted to arrest protesters who were not complying with the directions. Officers had earlier issued a move-on direction to a group of about 60 protesters before arresting a 29-year-old woman who failed to move, NSW Police said in a statement. Three more protesters were arrested after a second move-on order, including a 35-year-old woman who suffered facial injuries and was taken to hospital, the statement said. A 24-year-old man was arrested after allegedly taking an officer's body-worn camera. The five arrested protesters were granted bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court on July 15. One of the arrested protesters, Rising Tide organiser Zack Schofield, said he witnessed a "sickening" police assault against one of the protesters. Another detained protester, Maritime Union of Australia organiser Shane Reside, alleged he was targeted for arrest by police for calling out their actions. Greens senator David Shoebridge told AAP he expected the incident to result in not only a referral to the NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission but other legal action. "When police are deployed to protect weapons companies instead of protecting the right to peaceful protest, we must ask whose interests they are really serving," he said in a statement. "The arrest of multiple peaceful protesters who are calling for Australia to stop arming a genocide shows how far we've moved from protecting peaceful dissent."
West Australian
a day ago
- Politics
- West Australian
Arrests over Gaza protest at fighter jet-linked firm
Police have arrested five people for protesting Israel's war in Gaza outside the premises of an Australian firm linked to the manufacturing of fighter jets used by the IDF. A picket at SEC Plating in Belmore in Sydney's west escalated on Friday morning when NSW Police clashed with protesters, allegedly leaving one woman with facial injuries. The Sydney company is reportedly providing plating services for various parts used in F-35 jets, of which the Israeli military has about 40. Legal Observers NSW said the clashes escalated when police issued the protesters with a move-on order and were arrested for not complying with a police direction. "People were walking on the footpath when police issued them a baseless move-on direction and then assaulted protesters when they asked for an explanation," Legal Observers NSW spokesman Adam al-Hayek said. NSW Police said a "scuffle" had ensued between the two groups when officers attempted to arrest protesters who were not complying with the directions. Officers had earlier issued a move-on direction to a group of about 60 protesters before arresting a 29-year-old woman who failed to move, NSW Police said in a statement. Three more protesters were arrested after a second move-on order, including a 35-year-old woman who suffered facial injuries and was taken to hospital, the statement said. A 24-year-old man was arrested after allegedly taking an officer's body-worn camera. The five arrested protesters were granted bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court on July 15. One of the arrested protesters, Rising Tide organiser Zack Schofield, said he witnessed a "sickening" police assault against one of the protesters. Another detained protester, Maritime Union of Australia organiser Shane Reside, alleged he was targeted for arrest by police for calling out their actions. Greens senator David Shoebridge told AAP he expected the incident to result in not only a referral to the NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission but other legal action. "When police are deployed to protect weapons companies instead of protecting the right to peaceful protest, we must ask whose interests they are really serving," he said in a statement. "The arrest of multiple peaceful protesters who are calling for Australia to stop arming a genocide shows how far we've moved from protecting peaceful dissent."
Perth Now
a day ago
- Politics
- Perth Now
Arrests over Gaza protest at fighter jet-linked firm
Police have arrested five people for protesting Israel's war in Gaza outside the premises of an Australian firm linked to the manufacturing of fighter jets used by the IDF. A picket at SEC Plating in Belmore in Sydney's west escalated on Friday morning when NSW Police clashed with protesters, allegedly leaving one woman with facial injuries. The Sydney company is reportedly providing plating services for various parts used in F-35 jets, of which the Israeli military has about 40. Legal Observers NSW said the clashes escalated when police issued the protesters with a move-on order and were arrested for not complying with a police direction. "People were walking on the footpath when police issued them a baseless move-on direction and then assaulted protesters when they asked for an explanation," Legal Observers NSW spokesman Adam al-Hayek said. NSW Police said a "scuffle" had ensued between the two groups when officers attempted to arrest protesters who were not complying with the directions. Officers had earlier issued a move-on direction to a group of about 60 protesters before arresting a 29-year-old woman who failed to move, NSW Police said in a statement. Three more protesters were arrested after a second move-on order, including a 35-year-old woman who suffered facial injuries and was taken to hospital, the statement said. A 24-year-old man was arrested after allegedly taking an officer's body-worn camera. The five arrested protesters were granted bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court on July 15. One of the arrested protesters, Rising Tide organiser Zack Schofield, said he witnessed a "sickening" police assault against one of the protesters. Another detained protester, Maritime Union of Australia organiser Shane Reside, alleged he was targeted for arrest by police for calling out their actions. Greens senator David Shoebridge told AAP he expected the incident to result in not only a referral to the NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission but other legal action. "When police are deployed to protect weapons companies instead of protecting the right to peaceful protest, we must ask whose interests they are really serving," he said in a statement. "The arrest of multiple peaceful protesters who are calling for Australia to stop arming a genocide shows how far we've moved from protecting peaceful dissent."
The Advertiser
01-06-2025
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Community invited to have say on Rising Tide's plans for 2025 climate action
THE community is being invited to have their say on this year's Rising Tide event months out from the November start date. As well as occupying Camp Shortland near Horseshoe Beach in Newcastle East, this year the group is applying to use Hamilton North's Richardson Park, opposite the showground. Riding Tide community organiser Zack Schofield said the change was being made out of respect for the residents of Newcastle East and to ensure people had a safe and stable place to stay. "But we are still planning to hold a big event at Camp Shortland on the Saturday night with free live music, which was a big draw card last year," Mr Schofield said. An estimated 7,000-plus people participated and attended the 2024 event, involving more than 900 volunteers, Mr Schofield said. "Our hope is that it will be much bigger again this year," Mr Schofield said. "It grew substantially from 2023 to 2024, and I think that reflects public opinion both in Newcastle and around Australia about what it's gonna take to tackle the looming transition." The coal industry needs to be taxed more to fund that transition, and that was the group's key message, he said. City of Newcastle Lord Mayor Ross Kerridge said it was important for the community to have their say on the event. "I know that there are strong views in the community about Rising Tide's People's Blockade and the associated protest activity, so we are seeking clear feedback during the public notice period," Cr Kerridge said. "Councillors will then consider the proposed event after the close of the public notice period. This could include possible camping and activation of Richardson Park, and consideration of a concert in Camp Shortland. "Council intends to consider this matter with several months' notice prior to the planned event to give organisers and the community a level of certainty." Rising Tide is an ambitiously active climate action organisation that is calling for an end to new coal and gas approvals and a 78 per cent tax on coal and gas exports to fund the energy transition. Its plans for 2025 include setting up amusement rides, live performances and live music at both Camp Shortland and Richardson Park, as well as camping at the Hamilton North site. There have been 13 blockades in the Newcastle Harbour since 2006, with the intent to block the shipping channel given Newcastle Harbour's unique position as the world's largest coal port. The community can have their say by emailing their feedback to events@ from Monday, June 2, until the end of the month. City of Newcastle has formally declared a climate emergency and has committed to the Paris Agreement, and adopted a target of net zero emissions from its operations by 2030. THE community is being invited to have their say on this year's Rising Tide event months out from the November start date. As well as occupying Camp Shortland near Horseshoe Beach in Newcastle East, this year the group is applying to use Hamilton North's Richardson Park, opposite the showground. Riding Tide community organiser Zack Schofield said the change was being made out of respect for the residents of Newcastle East and to ensure people had a safe and stable place to stay. "But we are still planning to hold a big event at Camp Shortland on the Saturday night with free live music, which was a big draw card last year," Mr Schofield said. An estimated 7,000-plus people participated and attended the 2024 event, involving more than 900 volunteers, Mr Schofield said. "Our hope is that it will be much bigger again this year," Mr Schofield said. "It grew substantially from 2023 to 2024, and I think that reflects public opinion both in Newcastle and around Australia about what it's gonna take to tackle the looming transition." The coal industry needs to be taxed more to fund that transition, and that was the group's key message, he said. City of Newcastle Lord Mayor Ross Kerridge said it was important for the community to have their say on the event. "I know that there are strong views in the community about Rising Tide's People's Blockade and the associated protest activity, so we are seeking clear feedback during the public notice period," Cr Kerridge said. "Councillors will then consider the proposed event after the close of the public notice period. This could include possible camping and activation of Richardson Park, and consideration of a concert in Camp Shortland. "Council intends to consider this matter with several months' notice prior to the planned event to give organisers and the community a level of certainty." Rising Tide is an ambitiously active climate action organisation that is calling for an end to new coal and gas approvals and a 78 per cent tax on coal and gas exports to fund the energy transition. Its plans for 2025 include setting up amusement rides, live performances and live music at both Camp Shortland and Richardson Park, as well as camping at the Hamilton North site. There have been 13 blockades in the Newcastle Harbour since 2006, with the intent to block the shipping channel given Newcastle Harbour's unique position as the world's largest coal port. The community can have their say by emailing their feedback to events@ from Monday, June 2, until the end of the month. City of Newcastle has formally declared a climate emergency and has committed to the Paris Agreement, and adopted a target of net zero emissions from its operations by 2030. THE community is being invited to have their say on this year's Rising Tide event months out from the November start date. As well as occupying Camp Shortland near Horseshoe Beach in Newcastle East, this year the group is applying to use Hamilton North's Richardson Park, opposite the showground. Riding Tide community organiser Zack Schofield said the change was being made out of respect for the residents of Newcastle East and to ensure people had a safe and stable place to stay. "But we are still planning to hold a big event at Camp Shortland on the Saturday night with free live music, which was a big draw card last year," Mr Schofield said. An estimated 7,000-plus people participated and attended the 2024 event, involving more than 900 volunteers, Mr Schofield said. "Our hope is that it will be much bigger again this year," Mr Schofield said. "It grew substantially from 2023 to 2024, and I think that reflects public opinion both in Newcastle and around Australia about what it's gonna take to tackle the looming transition." The coal industry needs to be taxed more to fund that transition, and that was the group's key message, he said. City of Newcastle Lord Mayor Ross Kerridge said it was important for the community to have their say on the event. "I know that there are strong views in the community about Rising Tide's People's Blockade and the associated protest activity, so we are seeking clear feedback during the public notice period," Cr Kerridge said. "Councillors will then consider the proposed event after the close of the public notice period. This could include possible camping and activation of Richardson Park, and consideration of a concert in Camp Shortland. "Council intends to consider this matter with several months' notice prior to the planned event to give organisers and the community a level of certainty." Rising Tide is an ambitiously active climate action organisation that is calling for an end to new coal and gas approvals and a 78 per cent tax on coal and gas exports to fund the energy transition. Its plans for 2025 include setting up amusement rides, live performances and live music at both Camp Shortland and Richardson Park, as well as camping at the Hamilton North site. There have been 13 blockades in the Newcastle Harbour since 2006, with the intent to block the shipping channel given Newcastle Harbour's unique position as the world's largest coal port. The community can have their say by emailing their feedback to events@ from Monday, June 2, until the end of the month. City of Newcastle has formally declared a climate emergency and has committed to the Paris Agreement, and adopted a target of net zero emissions from its operations by 2030. THE community is being invited to have their say on this year's Rising Tide event months out from the November start date. As well as occupying Camp Shortland near Horseshoe Beach in Newcastle East, this year the group is applying to use Hamilton North's Richardson Park, opposite the showground. Riding Tide community organiser Zack Schofield said the change was being made out of respect for the residents of Newcastle East and to ensure people had a safe and stable place to stay. "But we are still planning to hold a big event at Camp Shortland on the Saturday night with free live music, which was a big draw card last year," Mr Schofield said. An estimated 7,000-plus people participated and attended the 2024 event, involving more than 900 volunteers, Mr Schofield said. "Our hope is that it will be much bigger again this year," Mr Schofield said. "It grew substantially from 2023 to 2024, and I think that reflects public opinion both in Newcastle and around Australia about what it's gonna take to tackle the looming transition." The coal industry needs to be taxed more to fund that transition, and that was the group's key message, he said. City of Newcastle Lord Mayor Ross Kerridge said it was important for the community to have their say on the event. "I know that there are strong views in the community about Rising Tide's People's Blockade and the associated protest activity, so we are seeking clear feedback during the public notice period," Cr Kerridge said. "Councillors will then consider the proposed event after the close of the public notice period. This could include possible camping and activation of Richardson Park, and consideration of a concert in Camp Shortland. "Council intends to consider this matter with several months' notice prior to the planned event to give organisers and the community a level of certainty." Rising Tide is an ambitiously active climate action organisation that is calling for an end to new coal and gas approvals and a 78 per cent tax on coal and gas exports to fund the energy transition. Its plans for 2025 include setting up amusement rides, live performances and live music at both Camp Shortland and Richardson Park, as well as camping at the Hamilton North site. There have been 13 blockades in the Newcastle Harbour since 2006, with the intent to block the shipping channel given Newcastle Harbour's unique position as the world's largest coal port. The community can have their say by emailing their feedback to events@ from Monday, June 2, until the end of the month. City of Newcastle has formally declared a climate emergency and has committed to the Paris Agreement, and adopted a target of net zero emissions from its operations by 2030.
Time of India
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Why are environmental protesters being criminalized?
Why are environmental protesters being criminalized? (AP) Climate and environmental protest is rising in line with increasing global temperatures. But new draconian penalties are putting people who rally against climate pollution in jail. In late 2024, in the industrial city of Newcastle on Australia's east coast, a flotilla of kayaks paddled into the harbor shipping lane to block a massive coal ship from docking. The "climate defenders" gathered by activist group Rising Tide aimed to temporarily blockade the world's largest coal port and bring attention to a climate crisis caused primarily by burning fossil fuels. It also called for an end to new coal, oil and gas projects. The New South Wales ( NSW ) state government and the police had attempted to stop the blockade in the courts. But after a judge lifted an order creating an exclusion zone at the port, the protesters held up the coal tanker for over 30 hours. Some 170 activists were arrested for alleged crimes, including the disruption of a major facility. Most could face fines of up to 22,000 Australian dollars (€12,350) or two years in jail, under a 2022 anti-protest bill. The law criminalizes public assemblies that disrupt major public infrastructure such as roads, tunnels and ports, and was a response to past blockades by climate protesters. The then-NSW attorney general said that prior laws did not sufficiently penalize the "major inconvenience that incidents like these cause to the community," along with "severe financial impacts" due to "lost productivity." Zack Schofield , a spokesperson for Rising Tide who was also arrested, said the NSW law is being "used to target climate protesters almost exclusively." Australia is getting tough A young climate activist who blockaded a lane on Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2022 was the first to be charged under the NSW law and was initially given a 15-month sentence. Sue Higginson , a member for the Greens Party in NSW, called the imprisonment of the nonviolent protester "undemocratic," adding that people should not be punished for "engaging in legitimate forms of dissent and civil disobedience." One in five climate and environment protesters are arrested in Australia, which is the highest rate in the democratic world, according to a 2024 study on climate protest criminalization by researchers at the University of Bristol in the UK. Harsh anti-protest laws have been passed across the country, the world's third-largest fossil fuel exporter. That includes the island state of Tasmania, where protests at sites of old growth forest logging can incur a $13,000 fine or a two-year prison sentence. Climate protest crackdown goes global Similar punitive anti-protest laws have been enacted across Europe and US. In the UK, recent amendments to the Public Order Act give police increased power to act on "serious disruption" from public protests. Five Just Stop Oil activists were charged under the revised act for organizing the blockade of a UK motorway in 2022. Charged with conspiracy to create a "public nuisance," the protesters were sentenced to prison terms of between four and five years in 2024 before their sentences were slightly reduced. Said to be the longest sentences for a nonviolent protest in British legal history, they were almost on par with the five-year maximum sentence for aggravated assault, noted Global Witness, UK-based campaigners monitoring the criminalization and killing of environmental defenders. The UK law has been used against climate and environmental protest 95% of the time, said Oscar Berglund, a senior lecturer in international public and social policy at the University of Bristol, who co-authored the 2024 report "Criminalisation and Repression of Climate and Environmental Protests." In Germany, members of the nonviolent climate action group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) were charged in May 2024 with "forming a criminal organization," said Berglund. The law is typically used against mafia organizations, and has never been applied to a nonviolent activist group, said the researcher. Meanwhile, anti-terror laws and military action have been used to suppress climate actions, including a blockade of a highway in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2023. This was in contravention of statute law, according to an Amnesty International study that described a "sweeping pattern of systematic attacks" that "undermine peaceful protest" across 21 European countries. Protesters face crippling litigation cases In addition to anti-protest laws passed by governments, climate activists are facing massive compensation claims from fossil fuel companies for disruptions caused during actions. Known as strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP), the anti-protest litigation peaked in March 2025 when a jury in the US state of North Dakota found Greenpeace liable for more than $660 million (€609 million) for its role in an oil pipeline blockade. The action was bought by oil major, Energy Transfer, which has faced years-long resistance to an oil pipeline running through North Dakota — especially from the local Sioux Tribe, who set up a protest at the Standing Rock Reservation that gained international attention. "It's part of a renewed push by corporations to weaponize our courts to silence dissent," said Sushma Raman , interim executive director of Greenpeace USA, of the compensation that could force the organization to shut down its US operations. Beyond the threat of arrest and litigation, some 2,000 environmental defenders were murdered between 2012 and 2023, with 401 cases reported in Brazil and 298 in the Philippines, according to the Bristol University report on the criminalization and suppression of climate and environmental protest. Are laws a tool of the fossil fuel industry? "You don't have to dig very deep," said Berglund of the influence of oil, gas and coal interests on harsher anti-protest laws and policing. "The protesters are being targeted because they are a threat to fossil fuel profits." He added that in the UK, anti-protest laws were drafted in consultation with a right-wing think tank, Policy Exchange, which has openly promoted the oil and gas lobby. But for Luke McNamara, a professor at the Faculty of Law and Justice at the University of New South Wales, these "punitive actions" also reflect "growing intolerance" for the disruption caused by climate protesters resorting to peaceful civil disobedience. "Australian politicians regularly share their great affection for the right to protest," he said in reference to new local anti-protest laws. However, this principle "tends to crumble each time an innovative climate protest garners attention," he told DW. Back in Newcastle, some 130 Rising Tide protesters who pleaded not guilty remain uncertain about the severity of potential fines or imprisonment when their trial begins later this month. "If the penalties are disproportionate, we will appeal," said spokesperson Zack Schofield of what could become a test case for judicial willingness to criminalize environmental dissent in Australia — and beyond. For Berglund, such prosecutions confirm the increasing impact of the climate movement. "Protesters are targeted when they are successful," he said.
