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Saisaia tagata o le savali a le Mau Black Lives Matter i Sini.

Na saisaia e leoleo i Sini nisi na auai i le savali tete'e a le Mau, le Black Lives Matter.

A woman is detained by NSW Police during a Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING
A woman is detained by NSW Police during a Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Source: AAP

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By Evan Young

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Na saisaia e leoleo i Sini nisi o tagata na auai i le amataga o le savali tete'e le Black Lives Matter.

O le savali lenei na aumaia iai se faatonuga a le Supreme Court i New South Wales e faasaina ona faia ona o puipuiga o le pepesi o le coronavirus.

Peita'i na auai pea nisi i le Domain i Sini ma le faamoemoe e faia le savali, ae na taofia i le malosi o le to'atele o leoleo.

E to'a ono tagata na saisaia ma molia e leoleo, ma nisi na faasalaina i sala tupe e ta'i $1,000 i le solia o Sa ma Vavao o puipuiga o le pepesi o le COVID-19.

Na saunoa le sui komesina o leoleo i New South Wales, Mick Willing, o le faai'uga a leoleo e taofia le savali, ona o le tulaga lamatia ua iai nei le Setete mai le pepesi o le faama'i.  

“This is about public safety. At the end of the day, we are in the middle of a pandemic,” he told reporters.

Mwanaharakati akamatwa katika maandamano ya Black Lives Matter mjini Sydney
Mwanaharakati akamatwa katika maandamano ya Black Lives Matter mjini Sydney Jumanne 28 Julai 2020. Source: AAP

Na faaalia e se tasi o le tete'e, Vanessa Turnbull Roberts, e saisaia o ia o taumafai e tauanau tagata e toe fo'i i o latou aiga.

"I was completely complying by orders. The only people who are breaching health safety orders are the police," she said.

Na 'ai'oi le palemia Setete o NSW, Premier Gladys Berejiklian, i le mau a le BLM e silasila i le manuia lautele o tagata ma a'afiaga mai le pepesi o le coronavirus, ma taofia le faia o se savali tete'e.

Na saunoa fo'i Assistant commissioner Willing, na te taliaina le aia tatau a tagata e faaalia ai o latou manatu tete'e, ae maise le mataupu o loo lalamua i le Mau a le BLM.  said police “appreciate people's rights to protest”.

Peita'i, e taua fo'i le puipuiga o le soifua maloloina o tagata uma mai le faama'i lea ua pesia ai le atunu'u.

“We understand the issues that are in question here are significant and are sensitive to a lot of people,” he said.

“However, we must do what we can to ensure that the public in general are safe at this time.

"We are not about anti-the right to free speech. We're about public safety."

 


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