Extract from ABC News
Hundreds attended the pro-Palestine rally in Brisbane. (ABC News)
Police have arrested 20 people at a pro-Palestine rally in Brisbane where protesters intentionally chanted banned slogans.
Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters gathered near Brisbane's Supreme Court on Saturday to voice objections to Queensland's hate speech laws.
During the protest, a group unveiled a banner featuring the banned phrase "from the river to the sea".
There was a heavy police presence at the rally. (ABC News)
Several minutes later police removed the banner, and a number of people who were holding it up were led away.
Queensland police confirmed 20 people had been arrested on 14 charges of display prohibited expression and 7 charges of recite prohibited expression.
The phrases "from the river to the sea" and "globalise the intifada" are outlawed in the state when used to menace or offend.
Protesters and police clashed at times during the rally. (ABC News: Tara Cassidy)
Before Saturday, at least three people had been arrested in Queensland after the hate speech laws came into effect last month.
Liam Parry, 33, became the first person arrested and charged under the new laws, over a protest outside Queensland's Parliament House on March 11.
Mr Parry is facing one count of reciting or publicly displaying a prohibited expression that is reasonably expected to menace, harass or offend a member of the public.
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