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The ‘sovereign citizen’ movement is growing. So is the risk of more violence

  • Written by Josh Roose, Associate Professor of Politics, Deakin University

Australia has watched on as authorities have searched for Dezi Freeman, a so-called “sovereign citizen” accused of killing two police officers in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah.

The case has put the spotlight on the sovereign citizen, or “sovcit”, movement and its extreme, often conspiratorial, anti-government...

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