Police drop charges against Palestinian Australian protester arrested at Isaac Herzog rally as more set to be withdrawn
Move comes as police review charges against protesters from Sydney rally made under now-defunct public assembly law
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Police have withdrawn their first charges against a protester from Sydney's anti-Isaac Herzog rally just hours after confirming any charges laid under a now-defunct law would be dropped.
Eyad Shadid, a 25-year-old Palestinian Australian man, was arrested near where a group of Muslim men were praying when they were grabbed by police officers. A police prosecutor told Downing centre local court on Wednesday they were withdrawing the two charges that were later laid against Shadid, which included refusing to comply with a police direction and resisting or hindering an officer.
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