Queensland Arrests at Rally Over Hate Speech Laws

0:00Queensland cops may 22 arrests at a Brisbane rally over the weekend, pushing the total to 25 under fresh hate speech laws aimed at, anti-Semitic chance. These rules, past last month, target two pro-Palestinian phrases said in ways that spark menace, harassment, or offense, with up to two years behind, bars on the line. Among the first charge was 73-year-old Jewish psychologist Stephen Heided, napped for wearing a t-shirt, with one band phrase, and, repeating it in a speech, he had it printed in Melbourne to dodge local heat. A Palestinian Australian student and another Jewish activist holding a banner, faced similar bus with police seizing gear on site. Folks are drawing parallels to 1977 when police crushed street protests under ex-primeer Joe Bianca Peterson. Arrest these call it a gag on anti-Israel voices, not real safety for Jews, and some link it to indigenous fights for rights. Premier David Christopher Lee pushes back, saying the laws balance rallies with blocking

1:01genocide calls, tying them to the Bondi terror attack. Jewish leaders agree, labeling the phrases as old terrorist calls for wipeouts. Activists with justice for Palestine are gearing up for a high court fight, claiming the laws clashed with Australia's constitution and lawyers see, solid ground there, free speech tensions in the sunshine state show no signs of cooling. We've been listening to Sinny News today, AI-powered local news.