Sydney restaurant faces human rights complaint after temporarily denying entry to people wearing keffiyehs

<p><strong>Exclusive: </strong>Racial Justice Centre to file Australian Human Rights Commission complaint against Merivale restaurant Jimmy’s Falafel</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The Racial Justice Centre is preparing to file a group complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission after a Sydney restaurant denied dine-in service to people wearing Palestinian keffiyehs during a 20-minute period last weekend.</p><p>The legal centre will file the complaint to Australia’s national anti-discrimination body on behalf of six Palestinian complainants, regarding an incident that took place on 3 August at Merivale-owned Jimmy’s Falafel in the Sydney CBD after the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/04/the-horror-of-gaza-called-and-an-army-of-rain-soaked-sydney-harbour-bridge-marchers-young-and-old-came-in-full-force">Sydney Harbour Bridge march</a>, first reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/15/sydney-restaurant-jimmys-falafel-faces-human-rights-complaint-after-temporarily-denying-entry-to-people-wearing-keffiyehs-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

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