Mehreen Faruqi
Australian politician (born 1963)
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NSW Police (1) · Mal Lanyon (1) · Sydney protest (1) · Mehreen Faruqi (1) · Muslim community (1) · Isaac Herzog (1) · religious prayer (1) · civil liberties (1)
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Mehreen Saeed Faruqi (Urdu: مہرین سعید فاروقی born 8 July 1963) is an Australian politician and former engineer who has been a federal Senator for New South Wales since 15 August 2018, representing the Greens. She was chosen to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Lee Rhiannon, before being elected in her own right in 2019. She had previously served in the New South Wales Legislative Council between June 2013 and August 2018.
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🇬🇧 NSW police commissioner urged to apologise to ‘entire Muslim community’ after officers disrupted prayer at Sydney protest
<p>Mal Lanyon says police were ‘required’ to disperse crowd, while Mehreen Faruqi accused them of ‘assaulting Muslims’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://...
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