More than 20 arrested over Queenslandâs controversial âfrom the river to the seaâ laws during weekend of protests
Activists vow to challenge laws in the high court after a weekend of mass protests across Brisbane Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Pro-Palestinan activists have vowed to challenge new Queensland laws banning the phrase âfrom the river to the seaâ in the high court after more than 20 people were arrested in a weekend of mass protests across Brisbane. At least two more people were arrested on Sunday in a march on Parliament House to protest against the laws, a day after 20 were arrested for reciting the prohibited expression or displaying it on a banner. The new laws, which also ban the phrase âglobalise the intifadaâ, carry a maximum sentence of two years in jail. But the Justice for Palestine Magan-djin spokesperson, Remah Naji, told reporters in King George Square on Sunday afternoon that protesters would seek to have those laws struck down. Naji said that, after weeks of uncertainty over how the new laws would be enforced, police advised protesters on Saturday that âsimilar words to the banned phrasesâ were ânot captured by the legislationâ. âSo if we say, according to that advice: âbetween the river and the seaâ, we should be fin
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