Amnesty International’s Australian operation looks to be spending more time on internal fights than human rights.
leaves a trail of mischief wherever he goes.in London over an alleged bomb hoax involving the People’s Republic’s embassy in the British capital. Later that year, he was booted from Parliament House by the federal police.
Anti-CCP activist Drew Pavlou outside court in March after police withdrew a charge of offensive behaviour.Now Pavlou has been expelled as a member of Amnesty International, whose local branch seems to spend more time on internal fights than human rights. According to an expulsion letter seen by CBD, Pavlou committed a “serious breach” of the organisation’s terms of membership, following a series of complaints against him. But the activist says he wasn’t made aware of those complaints until after the board had voted to expel him – depriving him of procedural fairness.
Those complaints arose from Amnesty’s annual general meeting in June, which descended into a nine-hour debacle – in part thanks to fierce debate overLoading During an intemperate Zoom meeting, Pavlou allegedly “made unsubstantiated and repeated allegations of vote rigging and bias” against chairPavlou is known for being robust. Past stunts include carrying around a profane sign about Chinese leader
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