Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner Elaine Pearson has described the decision by Victorian authorities to shut down and divert the capital city’s public transport system to prevent a potential anti-lockdown protest as “neither necessary nor proportionate.” Writing on Twitter on Sept. 16, she added, “And it sends a terrible message to more authoritarian regimes who don’t…
City Lockdown to Stop Protest Sends ‘Terrible Message’: Australian Human Rights Commissioner
Australian Police Tracking Down Demonstrators After Huge Anti-Lockdown Protests Held in Capital Cities
Police are looking for the thousands of people who attended anti-lockdown rally protests in Sydney and Melbourne at the weekend. NSW Police said they have received 5000 tip-offs and identified more than 200 people who attended after a special task force was set up in the aftermath of the protest. Some 57 people have already…
Thousand of Residents in China’s Foshan Protest Against Lockdown
June 24, 2021
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The Nanhai district of Foshan city, Guangdong Province, China, has been locked down for several weeks after an outbreak of the CCP virus. But after unexplained lockdown extensions and no official notices or testing from local authorities, multiple protests broke out simultaneously in various local communities on the evening of June 21, with over a…
Police Break up Brussels Anti-Lockdown Party
BRUSSELS—Police fired water cannon and tear gas in a Brussels park on Saturday to break up an anti-lockdown party of several hundred people designed to defy coronavirus social distancing rules. The crowd of mostly young people responded to a post on Facebook announcing the unauthorised party. It took place a month after police cleared 2,000…
Conservative MP David Sweet Joins Calls to End Lockdowns
Conservative MP David Sweet—the first federal elected official from his party—has joined Ontario MPP Roman Baber in calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns and moving the province back to the “Green” zone. “Lockdowns are harmful to the physical and psychological well being of Ontarians,” Sweet said at a press conference on Wednesday. “We should focus…
On Civil Disobedience and COVID Measures
Commentary Gabriël A. Moens A.M. is emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland. As he was confined to his home office, he discovered time to look at his previous works which go back about four decades. To our great benefit he has collected fifteen of these papers and now published them as a…
Newly Formed Caucus to Challenge ‘Unprecedented Mass Violations of Canadian’s Charter Rights’ Over Lockdown Orders
A group of representatives have gathered to form a new caucus that seeks to challenge current COVID-19 policies with special emphasis on ending the governments’ use of province-wide lockdowns and stay-at-home orders. Called the End the Lockdowns National Caucus, the non-partisan group was created in response to the COVID-19 restrictions launched by governments across the…
Hundreds of Small Businesses Across Canada Plan to Reopen This Week Despite Local Lockdown Orders
As small businesses continue to grapple with the loss of income and the possibility of closing for good due to being deemed non-essential during COVID-19 lockdowns, hundreds of businesses have joined a push to take a stand against such measures under the banner of “we are all essential.” “The government has no right to identify one…
Dutch Police Detain 240 Nationwide as Anti-Lockdown Protests Turn Violent
AMSTERDAM—Rioters looted stores, set fires, and clashed with police in several Dutch cities on Sunday, resulting in more than 240 arrests, police and Dutch media reported. The unrest came on the second day of new, tougher coronavirus restrictions, including a night curfew, which had prompted demonstrations. Police used water cannon, dogs, and mounted officers to…
London Police Arrest 17 at Hyde Park Anti-Lockdown Rally
UK police arrested 17 anti-lockdown protesters on Saturday in London’s Hyde Park on suspicion of breaching CCP virus restrictions. Officers arrested four people who had gathered in Hyde Park near Marble Arch at around 1 p.m. local time under Health Protection Regulations, the Metropolitan Police said on Twitter. At 2.35 p.m., the police reported that…
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