UNSW Education Officer’s midnight arrest for snap protest condemned as “oppressive”
Image: UNSW Education Officer Cherish Kuehlmann being arrested for protesting. Photo: Twitter.
By CHRISTINE LAI
UNSW Education Officer Cherish Kuehlmann was arrested at midnight on Saturday following a snap protest for justice against the rental and housing crisis on Friday. The event was held at Commonwealth Bank in Martin Place.
Kuehlmann released a public statement through the UNSW Education Collective’s Facebook Group, criticising the midnight arrest by the police, calling their attempt an “extreme measure” to “impede on the right to protest in NSW”.
The Education Officer was arrested at an Eastlakes unit around 12.30am on Saturday and detained at Day Street police station on charges of aggravated trespass. She was held in custody overnight before being released at 4am.
I have been arrested and charged with “aggravated trespassing” for protesting against the housing crisis last Friday. Help me fight this attempt at police intimidation by signing the petition and getting to Friday’s protest 5:30pm Town Hall! https://t.co/TzLhn7tkJU pic.twitter.com/2Z38YoxgRk
— Cherish Kuehlmann (@__cherishk) February 21, 2023