Face to face: G20 activists’ messages for the world leaders meeting in Brisbane

Barack Obama & Ciaron O'Reilly

"I'm on the streets in this G20 for Assange, Manning, and Snowden. Society is not asked to mobilise, it's just asked to look the other way. That's what Chelsea Manning refused to do.

_Anti-war protester Ciaron O'Reilly, who is banned from the G20 security zone_

"If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will not be able to keep our people safe."

_US president Barack Obama_

"This tragedy would not have happened if there were peace on this land. And, certainly, the state over whose territory this occurred [Ukraine] bears responsibility for this awful tragedy."

_Russian president Vladimir Putin_

"After the MH17 disaster the world can see how [Mr Putin] treats people and how he has no regard for human life... for him to be here and smile and be nice it's a real slap in the face."

_Ukraine Community of Queensland president Stephen Chomyn_

"Torres Strait Islanders, on top of being very marginalised, are also having to face the very real impacts of climate change, and this is not an issue they can tackle alone."

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Face to face: G20 activists' messages for the world leaders meeting in Brisbane