Previous Politech message: "Australian minister allegedy wants WTO protest sites restricted" http://www.politechbot.com/p-04030.html --- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/25/1032734207559.html NSW seeks to shut down protest sites Sydney September 25 2002 NSW Police Minister Michael Costa has asked the Federal Government to shut down websites with instructions to disrupt a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Sydney. Mr Costa said yesterday he was deeply concerned about the websites which provided information to violently disrupt the WTO Trade Ministers meeting in November. "I support the community's right to peaceful, lawful protest but it's clear to me comments and information on these sites are designed to incite violence against NSW Police, who will be providing security at the meeting," he said. "These people have gone too far." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan CNET Radio 9:40 am ET weekdays: http://cnet.com/broadband/0-7227152.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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