Hannah Thomas, who ran against the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in the Sydney seat of Grayndler in the federal election, has released a video message from the hospital, the Guardian reports.

Thomas, who has said she could lose sight in her right eye after the arrest, called out the Minns government’s “draconian anti-protest laws”. She was arrested at the protest attended by about 60 people in Belmore last week before being taken to the hospital.

The New South Wales Premier Chris Minns, has denied emboldening police to crack down on protesters after a former Greens candidate, who was injured at a pro-Palestine protest last week, was charged with resisting police.