Brisbane activists will rally outside the CBD watchhouse at 4pm tomorrow in solidarity with a New South Wales climate activist sentenced to 12 months in prison.
Eric Herbert was sentenced at the Newcastle local court this morning for his role in disrupting a coal project in the Hunter region.
Mr. Herbert was arrested last week after disrupting a coal train for 5 hours by climbing on top of it and was convicted of charges including causing obstruction to a railway locomotive or rolling stock, and attempting to hinder working of mining equipment.
Blockade Australia says, the charges represent, “extreme measures to systematically target voices of dissent and political opposition.”