Protest case

Nauru 19 group back in court

The Nauru 19 had been charged with offences relating to a protest against the government outside the Nauru parliament in June 2015.

The legal action went through countless stages before the retired judge brought in to hear the case, Geoff Muecke, strongly condemned the Nauru government's actions.

He said that by denying the defendants representation, imposing a blacklist on them, and publicly denouncing and vilifying them and those seeking to assist them, the Nauru government displayed persecutory conduct.