Patrick Colemen Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/patrick-colemen/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:30:06 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://journeyonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Journey-Logo-With-UCA-logo_Site-identity_Artboard-2_Artboard-2-copy-32x32.png Patrick Colemen Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/patrick-colemen/ 32 32 UN finds Coleman v Australia case a violation of human rights https://journeyonline.com.au/national-news/un-finds-coleman-v-australia-case-violation-human-rights/ https://journeyonline.com.au/national-news/un-finds-coleman-v-australia-case-violation-human-rights/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2014 02:00:16 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=18662 In 1998 Patrick Coleman made a speech in Townsville’s pedestrian mall without a permit, in breach of a local government by-law. He was fined and subsequently detained by police for 5 days for non-payment of the fine. The UN Human Rights Committee found that his speech was on subjects of public interest (human rights, land ...

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