{"id":533165,"date":"2026-03-11T11:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533165\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:33:09","slug":"protesters-arrested-for-using-phrases-banned-under-new-queensland-hate-speech-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533165\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters arrested for using phrases banned under new Queensland hate speech laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A man and woman have been arrested for using a banned phrase, deemed antisemitic by the Queensland government, at a protest in Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is the first time someone in the state has been arrested over the recently banned expressions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Protesters had gathered outside state parliament on Wednesday afternoon as part of a nationwide student strike for Palestine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said a man and woman had been arrested following the &#8220;unauthorised protest&#8221; .<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 33-year-old man was arrested at Speakers Corner shortly after 12:30pm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A group of protesters holding palestine flags. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773228789_910_65a2b4419155effd3e109afd99b22859.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The phrases were often heard at pro-Palestinian protests around Queensland.\u00a0 (ABC News: Liana Walker)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He has been issued with a Notice to Appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on April 8 for the offence of recital, distribution, publication or display of prohibited expressions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Officers later arrested an 18-year-old woman at King George Square.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said she was charged and given an adult caution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In footage seen by the ABC, the 33-year-old man uses the phrase &#8220;from the river to the sea&#8221; while the 18-year-old woman has the same phrase painted on a singlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The phrases &#8220;from the river to the sea&#8221; and &#8220;globalise the intifada&#8221; had been outlawed in Queensland when used to menace or offend someone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The new laws, passed in state parliament last week, included both written and spoken use of phrases, such as chants or placards at a protest, with penalties of up to two years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A spokesperson for the Student For Palestine UQ, Ella Gutteridge, said the arrests showed the laws were about &#8220;silencing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police investigations remain ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man and woman have been arrested for using a banned phrase, deemed antisemitic by the Queensland government,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45387,651,17846,29180,43,44,9801,30130,2647,94,110354,701,264716,30024,264717,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-533165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arrest","tag-brisbane","tag-free","tag-hate-speech","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-parliament","tag-pro-palestinian-protest","tag-protest","tag-qld","tag-qld-politics","tag-queensland","tag-river-to-the-sea","tag-student","tag-student-for-palestine-uq","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}