Dean Lewins/EPAPlanned protests at Sydney Harbour Bridge were protested after the Supreme Court authorized by the Supreme Court after what organizers called it a “historic” ruling.
Despite the rain, thousands of people participated in a human parade on Sunday.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was spotted among protesters, including federal MP Ed Husic and former NSW Prime Minister Bob Carr.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge last attended a public rally in 2023, when about 50,000 people marched on the iconic Path of World Pride.
Two hours after the march, participants received a text message from New South Wales Police, which read: “Contact with the organizers, the march needs to be stopped due to public safety and await further instructions”.
They asked everyone on the bridge to stop walking north and turn to the city in a “controlled” way.
Police have not yet estimated the number of people participating in the march.
Transport in New South Wales told motorists to avoid cities and warn of major delays and disruptions in Sydney’s roads and public transport networks.
Sydney’s radical group Operations Group Palestine last Sunday raised an intention to respond to Gaza’s “rapec” in response to Gaza.
Police rejected the application on the grounds that there was not enough time to prepare a traffic management plan and warned of potential populations and other safety issues.
In a statement the next day, NSW Prime Minister Chris Minns said they would not allow Sydney to “get into chaos” and could not support protests on the bridge “this size and nature”.
Dean Lewins/EPAPolice also filed an injunction for the incident with the Supreme Court of New South Wales, which was rejected only 24 hours before the protests began.
According to the ABC, Justice Belinda Rigg said the security issues about the march were “good”, but the March organizer of the Palestinian Action Group, Josh Lees, explained what he saw as urgency for the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
She said there was no evidence that the ban would enhance public safety and ordered that vehicles be shut down except for the roads around the proposed route, except for the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The final authorization means that it will be protected under the Summary Crime Act, which means that they will not charge for crimes related to the Public Council, such as blocking traffic.
The NSW Jewish Representative Committee said the Supreme Court decided to authorize “disappointment” at the protests at the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a statement to Instagram.
In France, Canada and the United Kingdom have said respectively that Australia recognizes the pressure on the Palestinian nation to recognize the national status of Palestine, which they will do under the conditions of the upcoming UN General Assembly in September.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in his speech on ABC’s 7.30 program that he would like to see the conditions encountered to achieve lasting security for Israel before Australia recognizes the Palestinian state and that he will not be pushed by other countries to his decision.
