More than 20 people have been arrested and charged following a pro-Palestinian protest at Sydney’s Port Botany. Police attempted to break up the protest, which included children, after it blocked a road leading to the shipping facility. The protesters were dragged from the road after failing to comply with orders to move on.
Police have arrested and charged more than 20 people after a pro-Palestinian protest at Sydney ’s Port Botany blocked a road leading to the shipping facility on Tuesday night. In chaotic scenes, police from the riot squad and officers on horseback tried to break up the protest, which included children. Officers dragged protesters from the road after they failed to comply with an order to move on. At one point, protesters lifted a child in a pram over the top of the crowd.
“There was dragging, pushing, shoving. There were elderly women and girls, and kids in the protest, and they didn’t respect that,” organiser Ahmed Abadla, from Palestine Justice Movement Sydney, said. “We aim not to have any violence incorporated into our rallies. Police started the whole thing and the crowd got angry.” NSW Premier Chris Minns defended the police actions, saying he had been briefed on the situation and he “completely rejected” any suggestion they had acted inappropriatel
Pro-Palestinian Protest Sydney Arrests Charges Port Botany Road Blockage Shipping Facility Police Children
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