Two protesters charged on first day of Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ ban
by Andrew Messenger from World news | The Guardian on (#745E0)
Alleged offences occurred after pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside state parliament within hours of new laws taking effect
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Two pro-Palestinian protesters have been charged with violating contentious new Queensland hate-speech laws, with one of them allegedly saying the banned phrase from the river to the sea".
The arrests occurred at a small protest march which started outside the state parliament building on Wednesday, just hours after the new laws, passed by parliament last week, went into effect.
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