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"Mr Rolles was arrested in late June, when he was pulled off the street in Sydney for allegedly blocking roads and obstructing traffic."

Since late June, Greg Rolles must produce on demand his computer and mobile phone for police inspection, and tell them his passwords.

He is not allowed to use any encrypted messaging apps, like Signal or WhatsApp. He can only have one mobile phone. [...]

These are the strict technology-related bail conditions imposed on some Blockade Australia climate protesters — a development legal experts have criticised as "unusual" and "extreme". [...]

Defence lawyer Mark Davis, who is representing some of the Blockade Australia activists, said the vagueness of the prohibition was concerning.

"It used to name the things you couldn't have, and then they made it all encrypted communication," he said.

"It could be you're on your PlayStation."

He also takes issue with the non-association rules, and the lack of specificity about what an "association" might be. Mr Davis said one of his clients had been pulled in by police after they reacted with a "thumbs up" emoji to Facebook comments [...]

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[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

All this because they didnt get a permission slip signed for a protest and blocking a road. These people arent violent felons, terrorists are pedophiles. The usual targets for this kind of gross overreach, which has at least some kind of moral panic thrown behind it, are passed up in favour of using this on people who blocked a road. Absolutely disgusting.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It's because the Australian government is sliding into fossil fascism. They watched a quarter of their island burn and said "not enough".

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Facism doesnt need a prefix in my experience. Nor does this actually seem like facism and is just run of the mill authoratarianism.

[-] SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Watafak, that's not "extreme" that's acting as if he was a terrorist in possesion of chemical weapons. This is surrealist. Fuck them all, fuck neoliberalism and fuck those fascists.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Defiance is the only option when it comes to these authoritarian rulings. I hope Greg and the others know this.

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