A 70-year-old activist has made a unique plea against charges of publicly reciting a prohibited expression during a protest.

A 70-year-old man accused of using the banned phrase “from the river to the sea” at a Gaza conflict protest will claim the charge was “insane”, a magistrate has heard.

  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
    361·
    16 days ago

    Honestly disappointed. I’d have liked to see a straight up “not guilty” plea, and go hard and direct on the constitutional angle. It’s pretty obvious that the laws violate the implied right to freedom of political communication. They serve no function but that.

      • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
        91·
        15 days ago

        Oh, I misread. The headline I read (not this one) said that he was pleading insanity.

        • The_Decryptor@aussie.zoneEnglish
          161·
          15 days ago

          “I’d like to plead insanity. I think the charge is insane. Anyone who takes it seriously could be such as well.”

          “I don’t think I’m insane. I think the law is insane,” Dowling said.

          I’m not sure it’ll go well for him, but I wish him luck, and I wish he had a proper lawyer.