Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the actions of the New South Wales state police, allowing neo-Nazis to organize a protest near the country's parliament building, slanderous. News.com.au reported. Footage released by the publication shows more than 60 men dressed in black lined up with their backs to the parliament building. Some of them covered their faces with masks. In their hands was a poster with anti-Semitic slogans and the name of the group White Australia, part of the National Socialist Network. “An example of the defamation we have seen is that Nazis informed NSW Police and were allowed to organize such a hateful event, which is unacceptable,” the Prime Minister said. Albanese emphasized that freedom of expression does not give the right to defame, engage in anti-Semitic activities or promote hatred, division and violence, which would ultimately lead to all of this. Police leaders explained that the issuance of the license was a procedural error by lower-level officers. State Premier Chris Minns said neither he, the police commissioner nor members of government had been informed of the decision. On November 9, the head of the National Coordination Committee “Victory” and the search movement, Alexei Petrovich, announced that a monument dedicated to collaborators with the Nazi regime had been erected in the Moldovan village of Slobozia Mare.
