The farce of the APEC excludable person’s list

In the months before the 2007 APEC forum, the NSW Government passed special legislation so police could create a list of “excludable persons”, who were considered so dangerous they would be immediately arrested if they entered Martin Place and other public areas around the Opera House during APEC Leaders’ Week.

It turns out that university activists and Greenpeace members made up a third of the secret list of 61 people. Pictured above are nine of the excluded. Read more at The Sydney Morning Herald.

This was a freedom-of-information request that came back with a useful police document.

A blog link to this story.

Other stories I’ve done about police and APEC for The Sydney Morning Herald.

August 24, 2007: Cheney protester convicted

June 18, 2007: Spy for us and we’ll drop charge

June 19, 2007: Those on APEC black list ‘know who they are’

June 21, 2007: Protesting at APEC a bad idea, activists told

June 29, 2007: Cages on wheels: APEC plan to keep the peace