Photo: Leo Bild
Protesters gathered outside the ACT Supreme Court on April 1 to protest the secret trial of Bernard Collaery and Witness K.
The protest was organised by
the Alliance against Political Prosecutions, a group who oppose all secret trials, including the one whistleblower David McBride is facing
.
Supporters wore hoods to symbolise opposition to the charges and the secrecy being used under the guise of national security to hide the government’s wrongdoing.
If not for Witness K, and his lawyer, Collaery, the Australian government’s spying on the East Timorese government offices in Dili during negotiations over access to oil and gas resources in 2004 may never have come to light.