Drew Pavlou

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Furious response to China protest in Sydney (NEWS.com.au)

A political activist, who is running for the senate in Queensland, has provoked a bitter reaction from a crowd after holding up an obscene sign that said ...

“My point is a simple one – I should be able to insult a dictator like Xi Jinping in my own country without being physically assaulted and attacked. It is not racist to criticise Xi Jinping,” Pavlou later added. He told the crowd: “We are against the dictatorship. “I was with Taiwanese, Tibetan, Vietnamese and Chinese campaigners when I held up a sign criticising a dictator in the middle of Sydney, as anyone in Australia should be able to do. We are at the police station making statement on assault now pic.twitter.com/G4poznR0gg April 30, 2022 We believe in democracy.

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Activist who taunted Asian stallholders with insult could be charged ... (Daily Mail)

Drew Pavlou, 20, told his Twitter followers on Sunday NSW Police intended to press charges after he held a poster which read 'F*** Xi Jinping' at a busy ...

In July 2019, at the height of the Hong Kong protests, Mr Pavlou organised a protest at the University of Queensland in support of the Hong Kong democracy movement. He was later suspended by the university who accused him of 11 cases of misconduct - but was able to return and continue his politics degree this year. And several women call the man a coward and tell him to 'f*** off' as he stands in the street with his hands behind his back in the face of the abuse. As his stunt threatened to spiral out of control, Pavlou had to be protected by NSW Police at the scene (pictured) In footage of the tense showdown the activist and a friend were circled by shoppers who screamed abuse, forcing officers to protect the pair. Mr Pavlou said if he had to 'potentially get bashed and charged for holding a protest' for talking about the Chinese President 'so be it'.

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Activist who taunted Asian stallholders with insult could be charged ... (TDPel Media)

An outspoken activist who held up a sign which read 'F*** Xi Jinping' at a busy Asian market could be charged over the brazen stunt. Drew Pavlou, 20,

In July 2019, at the height of the Hong Kong protests, Mr Pavlou organised a protest at the University of Queensland in support of the Hong Kong democracy movement. He was later suspended by the university who accused him of 11 cases of misconduct – but was able to return and continue his politics degree this year. And several women call the man a coward and tell him to ‘f*** off’ as he stands in the street with his hands behind his back in the face of the abuse. He tells the crowd he’s not a coward and has not threatened anyone, and invites them to hit him while his hands are behind his back. n footage of the tense showdown the activist and a friend were circled by shoppers who screamed abuse, forcing officers to protect the pair. Mr Pavlou said if he had to ‘potentially get bashed and charged for holding a protest’ for talking about the Chinese President ‘so be it’.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping insult in Sydney street sparks tense ... (Paradise - News)

A fearless activist provoked a furious reaction at a Sydney shopping centre after carrying a crude sign which read 'F*** Xi Jinping' through a busy Asian.

‘Australia is a democracy and we should be free to insult any leader no matter how coarsely – this is a simple principle of free speech. And several women call the man a coward and tell him to ‘f*** off’ as he stands in the street with his hands behind his back in the face of the abuse. As he and a friend were circled by a gang of locals screaming abuse at them, the stunt threatened to spiral out of control, and Pavlou had to be protected by police.

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