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- We want your help to protect civil rights in our society. The freedom to associate; freedom from arbitrary police attention; freedom of speech; and freedom of movement can all too easily be removed from our lives. The appearance of being ‘tough on crime’ all too often masks an inability of government to properly deal with social problems, and takes rights away from the people the government is intended to serve.
- Search For Your Rights was originally founded to stop the Criminal Investigation Amendment Bill 2009 known as ‘stop and search’ laws. This Bill was rejected by the Legislative Council after eleven months of investigation found that the bill has no justification or benefit.
- This legislation proposed to remove the requirement of reasonable suspicion. Removing the need for reasonable suspicion opens the door for unreasonable searches.
- That bill failed to pass into law: thanks to the opposition of the community.
- But bills like this keep on coming. The CHOGM Special Regulations and the Criminal Organisation Control Bill 2011 are just two recent examples.
- These bills remove accountability and defence for victims; and they attack the cornerstones of our justice system. The Criminal Organisation Control Bill 2011 is not ‘anti-bikie’- it is anti-association.
- We respect police, and we understand that they have a difficult job. However, these laws will not increase safety.
- Instead they will push the problem into different areas, decrease respect for police, and find nothing that the police do not already have the powers to find.
Are you ready to have your rights sacrificed for nothing?
- You can help to protect your rights!
- Write letters and emails to the Premier Colin Barnett, the Police Minister Rob Johnson or to your local MP. Click on the VOICE YOUR VIEWS link to see the addresses you can send your email to, or if you’re in a hurry send our form letter.
- Be informed about your rights and opposition to arbitrary bills. Click YOUR RIGHTS in the menu for links to Legal Services Australia, and WORK TOGETHER for other groups who oppose this legislation.
- The Criminal Investigation Amendment Bill 2009 was rejected by the Legislation Committee. If bills we oppose are in the Committee then anyone can make a submission to have their views heard. Click LEGISLATION COMMITTEE to see how you can do this.
- STAY POSTED for future actions, protests and movements. Join our facebook group, visit this site regularly, or email searchforyourrights@gmail.com to get involved!
Search for your rights!
Flash Mob For Your Rights!
The Legislation Committee will be handing down their findings on stop and search laws on June 17. So get ready to flash…mob! (No actual flashing please: stripping is reserved for real police searches only!)
To show your disgust at these proposed laws, come down to Murray St Mall and be prepared to “spread ‘em” against a wall once the whistles start going. We will be demonstrating what will occur if these laws are passed: people stopped in the middle of going about their daily business for no reason at all and searched.
Things that WE WON’T be doing but MAY OCCUR IF “stop and search” laws are passed:
These are all things that Search For Your Rights’ Rights Police won’t do but will occur if these laws are passed.
Details will be given closer to the day – mark yourself attending on the facebook event page to be kept in the loop.
We will also be on hand to answer questions about your rights. Please come and talk to us- once we’ve got our policeman hats off, of course.