In 2012 ongoing tree management works were undertaken . On 15 September 2012 , a protest by Salafi Muslims against an anti-Islam film '' Innocence of Muslims '' was held at Hyde Park , among other places in Sydney CBD , where around 300 people had gathered . As the crowd started to leave Hyde Park near St James , Public Order and Riot Squad officers equipped with batons and riot shields had already been stationed at the park exit
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2012 Sydney anti-Islam film protests
Hyde Park, Sydney