A team of Australian lawyers are calling on Facebook to urgently fix their moderation policy after they found dozens of violent anti-Muslim comments were not removed. The findings of the investigation by lawyers from the Australian Muslim Advocacy Network and Sydney-based firm Birchgrove Legal were detailed in a letter sent to Facebook on Wednesday, days […]
Category: Birchgrove in the media
Facebook still dragging its feet on hate speech, say Aussie Muslims
Australian Muslims have written to tech giant Facebook, warning that one year on from the Christchurch massacre, the platform is failing to remove extreme anti-Muslim hate-speech. Facebook says it has tripled its safety and security team, and that it removes praise and support for violence. But after trying to use Facebook’s own tools to have […]
Agim Ajazi: Clarifying today’s media reports
Birchgrove Legal wishes to correct the public record regarding our client to the following effect: 1. Mr. Agazi was never held on any charges in a Turkish jail. He was detained in a detention centre. 2. Although he was in their custody for one year, Turkish authorities never sought to charge him with any allegation […]
High Court to hear case from accused Rebels bikies arguing against NSW crime prevention law
Laws aimed at keeping three accused members of the Rebels bikie gang from associating will today be challenged in the High Court, as the men argue the laws are unconstitutional because they undermine the integrity of the courts. The three men, Damien Charles Vella, Johnny Lee Vella and Michael Fetui, have taken aim at the […]
Uber driver escapes jail after passenger hit and killed by bus
An Uber driver has received a 10-month Intensive Corrections Order (ICO) after one of his passengers fell in front of a bus and died. Nazrul Islam was last year found guilty of negligent driving occasioning death after accelerating away from traffic lights in Sydney’s CBD while his passenger was halfway out the rear door. Samuel […]
‘Unprofessional and irresponsible’: UNSW student slams AFP after terror charges dropped
A Sri Lankan university student who was wrongfully detained in Goulburn’s Supermax prison over terrorism-related charges has called out Australian authorities for “immature” and “unprofessional” conduct which violated “basic and fundamental human rights”. Mohamed Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen, 25, was arrested in his University of NSW office in August, after a notebook allegedly containing terrorist ideology […]
Police drop terrorism charges against University of New South Wales student
Birchgrove Legal acted for Mohamed Nizamdeen in a case where charges were dropped. The media article below notes our role in the case. Police drop terrorism charges against University of New South Wales student Police say they won’t apologise after dropping terror charges against Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen, a university student who was accused of an […]
Grand Mufti Abu Mohamed wins case against newspaper
Australia’s grand mufti has won a defamation case against The Daily Telegraph newspaper over claims that the scholar failed to condemn the 2015 Paris attacks that left more than 100 people dead. The Sydney-based tabloid, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp, published the articles about Dr. Ibrahim Abu Mohamed in November last year, depicting him in […]
Terrorism charges dropped against Operation Appleby target Maywand Osman
Our client was one of 8 charged with a conspiracy to commit acts done in preparation for or planning of a terrorist act. After successful arguments regarding the lack of evidence supporting the allegations in the Appleby Prosecution, our client’s charges were withdrawn. The media article below notes our role in the case. Terrorism charges […]
Sydney man cleared of terrorism charges over plans to attack police station, naval base
A Sydney man charged with conspiring to attack a police station or military base has been cleared of a terrorism offence. This morning, the Central Local Court heard prosecutors had insufficient evidence to proceed with the charge against Maywand Osman, 22. Police alleged Osman was part of a group of extremists, who had scribbled down […]