Time to Free Stuart Highway

Members of the Northern Territory chapter of the Network Against Prohibition are outraged at the ongoing incarceration of our friend and comrade Stuart Highway. Stuart has now served 50 days in Darwin Prison and he has another 41 to go.

NAPNT spokesperson Gary Meyerhoff has expressed concerns about Stuart’s welfare in a letter to the NT Administrator, Mr Ted Egan AO.

Stuart was imprisoned for three months on Tuesday 18 October for an offence related to the drug law-reform campaign of the Network Against Prohibition in Darwin in Australia’s Top End. The offence was three years old.

In a letter to Mr Egan, NAPNT spokesperson Gary Meyerhoff said: “We are very concerned about the harm Stuart could suffer from incarceration. Imprisonment should be used as an absolute last resort, in cases where an individual is violent or dangerous or some kind of serious threat to the community.”

Stuart does not fall into this category by any means.

He is a dedicated social justice activist and has contributed much to the community.

Mr Meyerhoff said: “Stuart has been under enormous pressure and stress over the last three years, largely because of the tough NT Government response to the ongoing campaign by the Network Against Prohibition. He has already suffered enough and paid the price for whatever transgressions he may have committed.

“Stuart poses no danger whatsoever to anybody or anything. His continued incarceration is a burden on taxpayers to no end.”

For more information about Stuart’s case click here.

To arrange an interview, please ring NAPNT on 0415 16 2525 (+61 415 16 2525 from overseas); Darwin Prison on (08) 8922 0111 (+61 8 89220111) and/or the Administrator of the Northern Territory, Mr Ted Egan AO on (08) 8999 7103.