[news] Climate Change Protests Start APEC Meeting in Sydney

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The [APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act 2007][1] came into force on August 30 and remain valid to September 12, 2007. It includes a list of people the police can exclude from the city centre, plus expanded powers of stop, search and detention, and confiscation of items from people, including prohibition of photographs by tourists of security areas. The measures in this Act amount to a new form of detention without trial, and constitute [a direct attack][2] on freedom of political expression and movement, aimed at outlawing dissent and stifling opposition to the APEC meeting.

  


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    [1]: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ampa2007252/
    [2]: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/apec-m21.shtml
    [3]: http://mostlywater.org/node/29146

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