In an open letter to the NSW Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Police, and Commissioner of Police, advocates and civil society organisations have called for the charges to be dropped against people protesting against the visit of the President of Israel on 9 February 2026.
They write: ‘We, the undersigned, call on the government to immediately drop all the charges against people protesting against the visit of the President of Israel on 9 February 2026 on the basis that all charges are a direct consequence of unlawful conduct by the police’.
‘The scenes of peaceful protest being met with police brutality at Town Hall on 9 February 2026 remain at the forefront of our minds. Protestors were punched, dragged out, and indiscriminately pepper sprayed. Peaceful worshippers were attacked, as were protestors trying to leave. Horses and police officers charged into the crowd, while kettling and other unsafe crowd control tactics left protestors with broken bones and battered bodies. These are not scenes that belong on our streets.
‘Dozens of protestors, exercising a fundamental civil right to voice their opposition by peaceful protest to the visit to Australia of a foreign Head of State, the representative of a State committing a genocide [1] on the Palestinian people, are now being subjected to further oppression by the government in facing criminal proceedings.
‘This was the tragic and unnecessary sequel to the 1978 Mardi Gras – another shameful moment in the history of policing and protest in this country.
‘Just like those arrested and charged for participating in the 1978 Mardi Gras, the charges against protestors at the Herzog rally cannot stand.
‘The violence at Town Hall on 9 February 2026 was first and foremost a direct consequence of unconstitutional law-making [2]. The invalid Public Assembly Restriction Declaration (PARD) scheme was central to the policing approach that evening. It is impossible to disentangle the consequences – whether by way of a failure to comply with a move on order, resisting an officer or responding physically to police use of force – from the police enforcement of the PARD and it would be disingenuous to attempt to do so. The protest was in fact “authorised” under the Summary Offences Act 1988 [3]. The NSW Police were warned of this fact before the protest in writing by the organisers. Police should not have interfered with protestors seeking to march on the road to Parliament House. The police conduct in doing so cannot be justified by law. It was a procession protected under the Summary Offences Act scheme.
‘The existence of a declaration under the Major Events Act 2009 has been referred to as an independent basis upon which to maintain charges. This is misconceived [4]. In any event, the lawfulness of using the Major Events Act powers in these circumstances is highly contested and the provisions are significantly constitutionally vulnerable. They should not be used as a basis for substantiating or maintaining any of the charges.
‘The response by police was not a proportionate reaction to spontaneous public disorder. It was a pre-emptive enforcement strategy directed at stopping and interfering with a peaceful political assembly and procession and motivated by political considerations.
‘In New South Wales, evidence obtained in consequence of unlawful or improper conduct is presumed inadmissible [5]. All of the evidence in relation to the protest is tainted by the unlawful and improper use of powers by police.
‘An intransigent perseverance with the charges will lead to failed prosecutions, large costs orders against the State and further harm to protestors.
‘These charges are being maintained by the NSW Police Prosecution Service. A police prosecutor, employed by the NSW Police Force, who is not independent of the police command in which orders and decisions were made at the Herzog protest, cannot, and cannot be seen to, appropriately discharge the function of an independent, impartial and fair prosecutor. Their role in these proceedings is attended by a conflict of interest. Public confidence in the police and the administration of justice generally has been undermined by the way in which police acted at the Herzog rally and this is only compounded by the maintenance of criminal proceedings by the police against protestors.
‘We call on the government to immediately drop all the charges against people protesting on 9 February 2026.
‘In the event that call is not heeded, we further call on the NSW Police Force to immediately transfer all prosecutions to the Director of Public Prosecutions’, they say.
[1] A UN Commission of Inquiry, a UN Special Committee of Experts, Al-Haq, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, B’Tselem, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, Médecins Sans Frontières, the International Federation for Human Rights, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars have concluded that Israel has committed the crime of genocide in Gaza.
[2] Jarrett v State of New South Wales [2026] NSWCA 62.
[3] It was an “authorised public assembly” under the Summary Offences Act 1988 because a Form 1 had been properly submitted by organisers more than 7 days before the protest took place and no “prohibition” order had been obtained from the Supreme Court.
[4] The Major Events Declaration was enacted and applied on the erroneous basis the PARD laws were valid and the powers exercised under the Major Events Declaration likely legally miscarried as a consequence.
[5] Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 138.
Signatories
Organisations
- Civil Liberties Defence Centre Limited
- NSW Council for Civil Liberties
- Greens NSW
- Justice and Equity Centre
- Palestine Action Group
- The Blak Caucus
- UTS Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research
- Racial Justice Centre
- Redfern Legal Centre
- Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited
- Australian Centre for International Justice
- Muslim Legal Network (NSW)
- Human Rights Law Centre
- Mizaan Law Association
- City of Sydney for Palestine
- Jews Against the Occupation 48
- Coalition of Women for Justice and Peace
- National Tertiary Education Union – NSW
- Maritime Union of Australia
- Electrical Trades Union NSW & ACT Branch
- Labor Friends of Palestine
- Australia Palestine Advocacy Network
- PSA for Palestine
- Sydney Knitting Nannas & Friends
- Bundeena for Palestine
- Anticop
- Arab Council Australia Ltd
- The Muslim Vote
- Stop the War on Palestine
- Sisters Inside
- University of Sydney Staff for Palestine
- Arab Theatre Studio Inc
- Mountains for Palestine
- Families for Palestine
- Sydney Hearts in Action
- Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas
- Mums4refugees National
- Free Gaza Australia
- Australian Friends of Palestine Association
- Unionists for Palestine SA
- Jewish Council of Australia
- CPSU for Palestine
- Readers and Writers Against the Genocide (RWAG)
- Sydney University SRC
- Refugee Action Coalition
- Pax Christi Australia
- March Australia
- Red dot revolt
- Sundays for Peace – Wagga
- High School Students 4 Palestine
- Marrickville Peace Group
- Melbourne University SRC
- Teacher and School Staff for Palestine – NSW
- Friends of Palestine Eurobodalla
- South Australian Young Greens
- Baramadagal Darug Tribal Governing Council
- Pepperprint Music & Arts Festival
- Ireland Palestine Solidarity ‘Australia’
- Central Coast Friends of Palestine
- Bellingen-Nambucca Rural Australians for Refugees
- Free Palestine Goulburn
- NSW Socialists
- Nurses and Midwives for Palestine
- UNSW SRC Welfare Officer
- Chotara Productions
- NGO Recruitment
- Anti-Zionism Australia
- Our Race Community
- Pillar of Strength
- Jewish Voices of Inner Sydney (JVOIS)
- Young Labor Left NSW
- Jewish Women 4 Peace Action Ready
- Greybox design
- Institute of non-violence
- Dingo News
- Southern Highlands Greens
- Democracy4CPSU
- HarmonyCreators
- Catholic Pulse – Australia
- Newcastle Mums for Palestine
Individuals
- Mark Gillespie – 78er
- Ken Davis – 78er
- David Buchanan SC – 78er
- Sallie Colechin – 78er
- Wendy Bacon – 78er
- Ray Goodlass – 78er
- David Fagan – 78er
- Peter Cook – 78er
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Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Senator for NSW
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Dr Wesam Charkawi, PhD in Social Psychology, Western Sydney University – Imam
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Dr Vicki Sentas, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW
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Dr Sara Dehm, UTS Faculty of Law
- Lloyd Andrew Jenkins
- Keerah Eid
- Omaim al-Baghdadi, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
- Samantha Haran, Masters Candidate, UNSW
- Miriam Succar, Solicitor
- Rasheed Khan, UNSW Sydney
- Mike Roberts, UNSW Branch member, NTEU
- Socorro C. Cifuentes
- Tagrid Yassine, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
- Amina Youssef, Principal Lawyer
- Dr Judith McVey
- Jenna Condie, Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University
- David Glanz, Founding member of Anti-Zionism Australia
- Paul Laris
- James Diacono
- Luciana Carusi
- Dr Rebecca Shanahan
- Kirsten Gibbs
- Jo Di Pietro, Gardener sole trader
- Maddison Barrett
- Ilona Renner
- Bashi Hazard, BWLaw
- Juan Salazar, Western Sydney University
- Kaat Demaere
- Tan Minh Nguyen
- Sarah Barker
- Peter Tait
- Jamal Hakim, Former Councillor, City of Melbourne
- Jann Alhafny
- Nick Deane
- Nazley Khan, Lawyer
- Edward Reid
- Colin Schroeder
- Dr. Natalia Maystorovich Chulio, Teaching Fellow, UNSW
- Bob Fawcett
- Antoinette Riley
- Jennifer Jamieson
- Robert Stainsby
- Nigel Gramp
- Julia Anaf
- Ben Denhm
- Susan Jarnason
- Frankie Scott
- Hiranya Ekanayake
- Nick Riemer
- Christina Oliver
- David Oliver
- Lisa Byleveld
- Valentina Baú, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney University
- Merah Hashmi, Section Councillor CPSU
- Usman Naveed, Solicitor, Aboriginal Legal Service
- Diana Shahinyan
- Adam Muller, Solicitor, Aboriginal Legal Service Limited (NSW/ACT)
- Jacinta Dimase
- Farah Al Majed, Solicitor Advocate – Aboriginal Legal Services (NSW/ACT) Ltd
- Ethan Floyd, Global Sumud Flotilla participant
- Elly Belfort-Mattos
- Hannah Thomas
- Cherie Jiang, Solicitor, Aboriginal Legal Service Limited (NSW/ACT)
- Dylan Miller-Jasper
- Amelia Hoff, Public Servant
- Jamila Main
- Dan Ingram, Youth Member for Oxley
- Edward Jegasothy
- Solo Monk
- Joyce Semaan
- Samuel Ryot
- Ridha Al-Juaifer Muamra, Student, Western Sydney University
- Dr Paula Abood
- Jill Trotter
- Sid Pettitt, Accredited Social Worker
- Felicity Kitson
- Letitia Kemister, Computer Consultant, March Australia
- Ruby Karim, Registered Nurse
- Mark O’Connor
- Catherine Coorey
- Denise Abou Hamad
- Tess Maskell
- Jenny Dawson
- Sufiya Aliya Ammar
- George Vardas
- Antony Restifo
- Raneem Emad
- Victoria Cowan
- Lucinda Opper
- Vivian Harris
- Scott McWhirter
- Luke Barbagallo, Senior Program Strategy Officer, NSW Reconstruction Authority
- Joy Angelo Santos
- Zeina Iaali
- Helen Dunstan
- Fania Manolias
- Beth Charleston
- Ashfak Sabuz, Student
- Wilson Murphy
- Wael Ziz
- Dr Anisa Buckley
- Zel Med
- Ahmed Tebbo, Healthcare
- Sarah Khalid
- Arissa Nataly Robles Rangel, Lawyer
- Richard Xu-Austen, Criminal Solicitor
- Dr Ameera Alsaady, Medical Doctor
- Carol Hoang, Public Servant
- Mohamed Zorob
- Safiyyah Abbas, Paediatric rehabiltation specialist
- Wana Omid
- Ameer Sultan
- Ishbel Dunsmore, USYD Student
- Darren Johnson
- Chloe Easther
- Elise Klein, Associate Professor
- Jasmine Snell, Student – UNSW
- Jane Moulin
- Jodie Wiggins
- Tracey Carpenter
- Fabian Acuna, Painter
- Julia Lindsay
- Dr Sara Dehm
- Jace Robbie Wright (“Née Turner”)
- Matilda Cheng, USYD Student
- Lisa McManus
- Colleen Fliegner
- Olivia Desaubin
- Jenny Pitkin
- Zena Farhat
- Renuka Coelho
- Alia Alhafny
- Dominic Robinson
- Wasim El-Haj
- Nicolas Dolmaire, Scientist
- Joshua Crawford
- Mouna Kheir
- Kate Butler
- Paula Cooper
- Roe Schroeder
- Bernadette Richards
- Anou Soma
- Jess Towson
- Eda Arslan, Solicitor
- Guy Varndell
- Randah Ayad
- Huw Gregory
- Carolyn McGinty
- Dona Bardouh
- Cameron Schmidt
- Patricia Haupt
- James Hansen, Australian Public Servant
- Amal lulu
- Laura Robilliard
- Jennie Sharpe
- Peter Jewell
- Penny Campton, artist/activist
- Norman William Muir
- Anna Blake
- Janette Jewell
- Dr Nathan Wales
- Dr Sam Garrett-Jones
- Matt Holling
- Mike Soccio, Sole Trader IT
- Helen Francis
- Maria Poulos, Former Australian Diplomat
- Dr Cali Prince
- Vicki Hoang
- Sahar Hijazi
- Elizabeth Hargreaves
- Tina Dermody
- Rosa Ochoa
- Jason Masters, Company Director
- A. M. Rivera
- Muntasa Mahmud
- Kerrie Levinson
- Dr Monisha Avery-Williams
- David Hermolin
- Lina Merdawi
- Lee Rhiannon
- Michael Lemezina
- Helena Nangle
- Elaine Schofield
- Amna Berbic
- Dr Jennifer Wilson
- Chris Wilding
- Timothy Mark Jones
- Sevda Ozer
- Jennifer Carter
- Colleen O’Loughlin
- Tony Ilott
- Sue Kelly
- Sheryl Gotje
- Lisa Drummond
- Megan Byrnes
- Dav Mac
- Susan Prior
- Sarah Cee
- Dr Jason Tuckwell
- Simon Crowe, Civil Engineer
- Monique Coorey
- Hesham Mourad
- Papatya Danis
- Karen Smith
- Martine Beaumont
- Arthur Manolias
- Alison Adler
- Linda Gejakly
- Julian Garcia
- Lea Oakes
- Courtney Abood
- Dr Philip Patterson
- Shireen Shoaib
- Sharyn Bailey, Mental Health Peer Worker
- Christine Farmer
- Jovana Mastilovic
- Julian May
- Lyn Bender
- Nina Goc
- Gerry Harris
- Ross Bambridge
- Chris Bellanger
- Donna jordan
- skye bakhos
- Leo Lai
- Matt Hilton
- Leahanne Schneider, Social Worker
- Glynn Ryall
- Paul Henderson
- Maximus Cantwell, Student
- Nahid Mohamed
- Dave Rowe
- Nicole Barakat
- Brett ‘Brogeo’ O’Sullivan
- Mia Kidis
- Suzanne Gapps
- Patricia Bogan
- Jana Hawkins-Andersen
- paul wilcox
- Noelene Hofman
- Ben Portnoy
- Paul Woolf
- Annelie Bakhos
- Helen Shepherd
- Camilla Mowbray
- Debra Irwin
- Beverley Legrand
- Bahar Sayed
- Mick Purcill
- Gregory Noonan
- Jack Durr
- Margaret Walters
- Annabelle Lawrence
- Katrina Bain
- Alison Holland
- Isabella Martin
- Gordon Grant
- Jessicca Tangri
- Michael Thomson
- Adam Hatahet
- Ann El Khoury
- Jack Mannix
- Rebecca Pedley
- Amelia Singh
- Alexander Bones
- Aladin Halim
- Avasa Bajracharya, UNSW Ethnocultural officer
- Jim Troy, Activist
- Nisa Alam
- Tia Wolf
- George Quinlan
- Shirley Sill
- Fiona Millington, Registered Nurse
- Michelle Rushton
- Greg Skilleter
- Madelaine Audrey Pereira
- Donny Tilbury
- Marina Suarez, Psychotherapist -Private Practice
- Jan Anderson
- Andrew Worssam
- Adrienne OBrien
- Kathie Herbert
- Carmel Attard
- Kerri Speechley
- Natalie Moran, WFOP
- Eligh Wilson, Student
- Gabriella Lo Presti
- Anna Irvine
- Jen Baudinette
- Sean Briffa
- Majid Nooruddin
- Mahsa Kaikhosrovi
- Hugh Vaughan
- Hyun Lee
- Noya Elron
- Karen Presbury
- Chris Power
- Paul Brady
- Louisa Chen, UNSW Student Representative Council Environment Officer
- Gordon Loxton
- Matt Boyd
- Arif Qureshi
- Phoebe Reekie
- Shovan Bhattarai, Sydney University SRC – Vice President
- Rosemary Irrgang, Irrgang Reservoir Management
- Esrah Pratt
- Djedjiga Hadri
- Pamela Troy
- Adil Akram, Software engineer
- Sowah Sayed
- Lillian Colgan
- Braydon Craig
- Effie Karageorgos, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle
- Monique giani
- Linda Cairnes, Artist / community development worker
- Ross Proctor
- Rubee-rose Stephenson
- Priya Nandyal
- Jennifer Hamill
- Dr Byron Smith
- Paz Leabon
- Danielle Hannaford
- Raymond Fulcher
- Christine Latta
- Ish Larney, Director
- Alexis Klein
- Cathy Gill
- Fiona Munro, Health worker
- Andrew Foster
- Dean Drieberg
- Maleeka Barat
- Benjamin Todd Harrison, Production Supervisor
- Mahmoud Mohamed
- Naglaa Khalil
- Ramzan Nazim Khan
- Les Pittman
- Daryn Poulden
- Heath Morrison
- Neelam Sapkota
- Jamie Tyers, UNSW Education Officer
- Deaglan Godwin, University of Sydney SRC Welfare Officer
- Mitchell Mack
- Grace Noon
- Sheila Hickey
- Khalid Hussein, Social worker
- Ismail Sumrain
- Daniel Tscherry
- Christopher O’Connor
- Cassandra Ashab
- Faikah Behardien
- Robert Carl Volker
- Karen Ainley
- Christine McCue, Teacher
- Judith Treanor
- Sanjay Alapakkam, Lawyer
- Jenny Veliscek
- Jennifer Henderson
- Rick Ulyatt
- Bruce Crundwell
- Jacinta Lucia Coelho
- Huia Smyth
- Callum Treanor
- Liam J Cotterill
- Matthew Woodhead
- Rob Osborne
- Shane Nunn
- Tracey Willow
- Liz Hayes
- Erica-Rose Hardy
- Roslyn Bui Viet
- Jordana Silverstein
- Alisa Leabon
- Tiara Vella
- Greg Battye
- Sue McCarthy
- Wendy Naumann
- Kimerlie Sattler
- Kathryn Zerk
- Sal Husain
- Michael Julian, Senior firefghter FRNSW (retired)
- John Suh
- Ifrah Saeed
- Nasreen Lang
- Peter Bean
- Faye Galbraith
- Michael Turner
- Alan Haskell Musry
- Nasreen Lang
- Michael Coleman
- Daisy Catterall
- Katherine Helps
- Francine Clough
- Jacqueline Moldovan
- Tessa Lynch
- David Godden
- Dougal Gorman
- Vanessa Tennent
- craig mchale
- Rowan Kennett
- Ed Sciberras
- Thomas Carola
- Jesse McNicoll
- Andrew Chuter
- Jasmin Kemp
- Gabrielle Dadgostar
- Louisa Caruso
- Graham Maine
- Alexandra Greig
- Raihanah Ayubi
- Cecile Yazbek Scholtz
- Uta Le Gall
- Lynda Loo
- Sakina Chagpar
- Olly Downie
- Richard Lee
- Bronwyn Dedes
- Benjamin Richmond
- neilesh verma
- Meisha Rice
- Liam bailey
- Geoffrey Smith
- Krystein French
- Jodie Hanson
- Ian Bate
- Peita Cooke
- Michael suarez
- Nabeela Bound
- Maira Wilkie
- Steven Ingles
- Melanie Weckert
- Deborah Wands
- Denise Clisby
- Cy Norman
- Glenn brady
- David Schell, Teacher
- Imogen Brackin
- Fran alexander
- Carolyn ienna
- Hala Zakour
- Gwen Landenberger
- Jane Sharman
- Yamane Fayed
- Karen Tok
- Mahir Ali
- Husam Mohamed
- Jain Moralee
- Helen Hayek
- Kathy Patrick
- Bruce Knobloch, Counsellor
- Carolyn Heath
- Luke Spradbrow
- Farzana Harun
- Natasha Nasrulla
- Graham Wilson
- Jepke Goudsmit
- Jordan Damir
- Abdi Ahmed, Director
- Matthew Williams
- Alice Lee
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- Veronica Sherman, CEO Happily Made
- Laurie Izaks MacSween, member Jews Against the Occupation ‘48
- Fay Saleh
- Kerry Dwyer
- Peter Schulz
- Mia Mccall
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- James Moule
- Stewart McLean
- Anita Marie Wood
- Les Mitchell
- Brian Mahony
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- Dodo Hermawan, Driver
- Zoe O’Dwyer
- Chay Khamsone
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- Miriam Fagueret
- Mackenzie Benato
- jeremy carver
- Mark Fallon
- Rhonda Black
- Indeana Black
- Denise Morosini
- Jillian Meyers-Brittain
- Sally Stevenson AM
- Jim Land
- Adel Miskovich
- Andrew Priest
- Pat Land
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- Katherine Newman, PhD Candidate, Casual Academic UNSW
- Eugene Arthurs
- Jane Wright
- David Anderson
- Barbara Bloch
- Michele Lawson
- Paul Pierucci
- Adj Professor Arash Nabavi, Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Barry Trudgett
- Niv Ramkumar
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- Peter Brimelow
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- Effie Psarakis
- Marianne Fraser
- Angela Ramirez
- Stuart Lawrence
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- Brendan Healy
- Jody Richter, Healthcare
- Lynn Benn
- Monty Parsons
- Anissa Jones, Dharug – Traditional Custodian of Sydney
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- Rosh Kliss
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- Cathy Peters
- Kathryn Lamerton
- Jason John Bexterman
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- Sara Bratic
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