Public meeting: Human rights, protest and police surveillance: a forum on intelligence gathering and monitoring of public protest.

Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 18:00

Recent news reports have revealed the increasingly widespread and targeted involvement of state and federal police, ASIO and even private agencies in monitoring groups and individuals participating in public protest. Speakers: Michael Pearce (barrister and former president of Liberty Victoria); Anthony Kelly (executive officer, Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre, and trainer with Pt'chang Nonviolent Community Safety Group); Anna Brown (solicitor and director of Advocacy and Strategic Litigation, Human Rights Law Centre). Guests: Chris Heislers & Jan Beer will talk about their experiences of being monitored for opposing the desalination plant and North-South pipeline and their subsequent legal challenge. 6pm. Melbourne City Conference Centre Chapel, cnr Little Lonsdale & Swanston Sts, City (opposite the State Library). Organised by the Castan Centre for Human Rights. Endorsed by Liberty Victoria, Federation of Community Legal Centres, Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre.