May Day clashes in Sydney

May Day protesters in Sydney seeking rights for asylum seekers today clashed with riot police resulting in dozens of arrests.

Wed, 01 May, 2002 - 08:27

May Day protesters in Sydney seeking rights for asylum seekers today clashed with riot police resulting in dozens of arrests.

Police on horseback charged a line of demonstrators, after 500 people had blockaded the Sydney offices of Australasian Correctional Management (ACM), the company that operates five asylum seeker detention centres across Australia.

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