American Republicans have called on the United States to impose sanctions against Australia in response to the shocking brutality of Australian police officers against anti lockdown protesters.
Over the past week there have been several cases of police officers violently attacking ‘unauthorized protesters’.
On Saturday disturbing footage showed an unarmed womann her 70’s being pushed to the ground by an officer and then being pepper sprayed by two officers as she lay helpless.
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RT reports: On Sunday, Ben Kew – the English editor of the conservative Florida-based publication El American – declared in an article that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison “must be made to pay for such flagrant human rights violations” that have taken place against protesters and other Australians through the use of strict Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
“What has taken place in this former colonial outpost is neither normal nor acceptable. In fact, the behavior of the Australian government and its security apparatus has openly violated the most fundamental rights of its citizens,” Kew wrote, noting Australia’s development of a facial recognition app to keep people in quarantine, its prohibition of Australians leaving the country, and its policies that have kept tens of thousands of Australian citizens stranded abroad.
Kew called Australia’s new AUKUS pact with the US and UK, presumably struck against China, “ironic,” arguing that “the Chinese people currently have more [Covid-19] freedom than their Australian counterparts,” and argued that since Australia is supposed to be a leader of the free world, it should be held to higher standards.
Because of this, Kew concluded that Australia should receive “boycotts, diplomatic warnings, or even targeted sanctions” over its treatment of Australian citizens during the pandemic to show that “the free world will not stand by in silence” as human rights “are so aggressively undermined.”
Kew’s article received support from prominent US Republican groups and individuals, including Republicans for National Renewal.
The group, which is chaired by former Republican Congressman Kerry Bentivolio, shared the article on Twitter and called Australia’s actions “contemptible,” adding, “We should expect better from one of our closest allies.”
The article was also shared by conservative commentator Mike Cernovich, former congressional candidate Chuck Callesto, and Matthew Tyrmand – a fellow at the conservative Claremont Institute and the son of the late anti-communist Polish-American writer Leopold Tyrmand.
“Americans didn’t die for Australians in WWII so they could become slaves of a tyrant,” one American commented, while another called on the US to “Liberate Australia.”
Closer to home, Morrison’s government was also condemned by former Australian diplomat Bruce Haigh on Monday, who compared the country under Morrison to “Apartheid South Africa.”
Niamh Harris
And the UN human rights spokespersons silent as a mouse Not wanting to get involved since they’re the pandemic pushers really.
But yet america is COW PUNCH`UM way downst south in Xz.useing horses on human beings is way wrong on humans and horses.WTF R theyst do N at least they could use rodeo clowns who would be way nicer than horse trumpled
What are you talking about? They use horses on Americans all the time. Cops KILL the Americans that pay them all the time. Where have you been?
Texas is way FUP TUP they shold be in jail for treating people coming to america for freedom that way
And yet the Republicants are silent on the Jan. 6th protesters continued torture.