http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20221221-001609-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-road-to-repression/ The Road to Repression - Environmental Activism and the Right to Protest in the State of New South Wales Dastyari, Azadeh eng 2022-12-20 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Climate Activism Climate Crisis Environmental Protection Protest Right to Protest Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 2 December 2022, the UN Special Rapporteur Freedom of Association sent a remarkable Tweet. “Australia – ”, the Special Rapporteur tweeted, “I am alarmed at #NSW court’s prison term against #ClimateProtester Deanna Coco and refusal to grant bail until a March 2023 appeal hearing. Peaceful protesters should never be criminalised or imprisoned.” The Special Rapporteur was referring to the arrest of Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco to 15 months in prison with a non-parole period of eight months for blocking one of five lanes of traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge during a climate change protest for 28 minutes.