A court convicted national leaders arrested during the Defiance Campaign under the Suppression of Communism Act. The sentences were suspended, but the case demonstrated how the government used broad security laws to criminalise civil disobedience. The campaign had brought thousands into political action, while state prosecution sought to intimidate organisers and contain the growing movement.
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Defiance leaders were prosecuted under the Suppression of Communism Act.
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