Tasmania: Activist who protested against mining and logging in prison

An area of the Tasmania's Styx forest after logging has taken place - AAP-1.jpg

Μια περιοχή του δάσους Styx της Τασμανίας μετά την υλοτομία (φώτο αρχείου)

A 47-year-old veterinarian is expected to spend the next three months of her life in prison because of her activism.


A court has sentenced a woman to three months in jail for breaching her probation as she continued her anti-mining protests in western Tasmania.

Colette Harmsen appeared in court charged with intentionally obstructing the use of the road and failing to comply with a police officer's order.

Ms Harmsen, who is a veterinarian, is also a volunteer "wildlife advocate" and forest activist with the Bob Brown Foundation.

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