NEWS:
A Queensland woman has been charged with posting online abuse against the human rights activist Mariam Veiszadeh.
Police are alleging the 22-year-old woman from Collingwood Park used social media to attack Veiszadeh, who fled Afghanistan when she was a child.
The Brisbane Times reported the online abuse was allegedly sparked when Veiszadeh wrote about her dismay that a Woolworths store in far north Queensland was selling an singlet with an offensive message. It featured the Australian flag and the words “if you don’t love it, leave”.
The woman allegedly responded by calling Veiszadeh a “rag head”, and told her to return to her “sand dune country”.
Police have confirmed the woman has been charged with one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.
She will appear in the Ipswich magistrates court on 3 March.
