“Two Tucabia residents have been jailed for contempt of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and sentenced to nine months jail in Victoria after refusing to remove offensive material from their protest website. A warrant for the arrest of Vivienne Legg and Dyson Devine was issued on November 28, 2007 after a lengthy court battle was launched by Brent Gray and David Bottrill, members of a religion called Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), in the State’s anti-discrimination court. The court found Legg and Devine guilty under the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act anti-discrimination legislation pertaining to racial and religious vilification after they published information on their website, gaiaguys.net.”
(via The Daily Examiner. Hat Tip: Abrahadabra)
4 responses so far ↓
1 Trevor Blake // Feb 23, 2008 at 1:13 am
Thoughtcrime. If I lived in Australia, I have no doubt at all that my Web site would land me in court. Because people’s superstition is somehow above criticism in many countries.
2 Klintron // Feb 23, 2008 at 3:02 pm
I agree that this is pretty fucked. If the allegations are untrue, a normal defamation suit should have worked fine.
The Catholic Church operates international pedophilia ring. Would writing about it on the Internet in Australia land me in jail?
3 smashcrab // Feb 23, 2008 at 11:41 pm
For those interested in this case, theres a semi-official page for gaiaguys supporters to help get them out and raise awareness :)
http://adamdodson.org/node/131
4 TiamatsVision // Feb 29, 2008 at 2:36 am
Follow up: couple freed:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23295269-2,00.html
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