SA opposition leader criticised over beheading remark when defending anti-protest laws
David Speirs said protest was ‘a good thing’, but ‘there are some countries where your head would be cut off for doing that sort of protest’
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Human Rights Watch and the Greens have criticised comments from South Australia’s opposition leader that protesters would face beheading in other countries.
The state last week rushed through new anti-protest laws the day after a rally outside the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association conference in Adelaide briefly blocked traffic.
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