Victoria Police Arrest ‘Freedom Day’ Organisers Before Melbourne Protest

Victoria Police Arrest ‘Freedom Day’ Organisers Before Melbourne Protest
Police and the Australian military patrol the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia on July 23, 2020. Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
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Police have arrested the organisers of a planned protest against the government’s COVID-19 restrictions that was scheduled for Aug. 9 in Melbourne’s CBD.

Victoria police charged two men in their 40s with “incitement” for their connection to the scheduled rally at Melbourne’s Parliament House that would have potentially seen hundreds of people breach the Chief Health Officer’s directions to keep physical distancing and stay at home.