David Mejia-Canales

Victoria’s proposed anti-protest law a fundamental attack on civil liberties

Sue Bolton argues that the Victorian Premier’s announcement that β€œstrong action” is supposedly needed β€œto fight hate” is a declaration of war against all supporters of free speech and the right to protest.

Law centre criticises anti-protest laws, calls for federal human rights act

The Human Rights Law Centre’s latest report on anti-protest laws should concern all those trying to win more democracy from a system geared to limit it. Josh Adams reports.

ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Show #39: How protest rights are under threat in Australia

David Mejia-Canales from the Human Rights Law Centre speaks to Alex Bainbridge about its new report Protest in Peril: Our Shrinking Democracy.