Former Greens candidate may lose sight after being arrested in Sydney protest at alleged Israel technology supplier
by Henry Belot from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y925)
Hannah Thomas, who ran against Anthony Albanese in the Sydney electorate of Grayndler, sustained facial injuries
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A former Greens candidate has been injured after allegedly resisting police arrest while picketing a business in Sydney's west, with friends and family warned she may lose sight in her right eye.
The protest, which attracted between 50 and 60 people, sought to stop pedestrian access to a business that was accused by protesters of supplying electroplating and surface coating services for a variety of applications including aerospace and defence technology" to Israel.
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