nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221221-001609-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221220s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20221221-001609-0 doi eng 342 23 Dastyari, Azadeh Author aut The Road to Repression - Environmental Activism and the Right to Protest in the State of New South Wales Dastyari, Azadeh Verfassungsblog 2022-12-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Activism Climate Crisis Environmental Protection Protest Right to Protest Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-road-to-repression/ raw object