City braces for potential road shutdown for pro-Palestinian rally
A pro -Palestinian group officially applied to Brisbane’s story bridge for a mass rally, aiming to reproduce the big march on the Sydney Harbor Bridge last weekend.
The plan would close a large arterial path between the north and south of Brisbane and would potentially cause traffic deterioration.
For Palestine, justice wants the story bridge to close for several hours on Sunday, August 24, so that thousands of protesters can walk from Raymond Park to Centenary Place to Centenary Place.
Organizers estimate that at least 7000 people will participate, referring to the crowd growing in the latest Brisbane events.
In a recent bulletin, Palestinian Justice (Brisbane) called Sydney Rally ası Historical Walk for Palestine ”.
They crossed the iconic bridge from Kangaroo Point of August 24 to the planned 24 August and said that it would be a part of the “day of national action”.
“This week hundreds of students, UQ students and staff, including Palestine, including the university campuses walked,” he said.
“Instead, we have numbers to illuminate the bridge with the power of people with the power of salvation. There must be a great mobilization for Palestine.”
The letter also criticized Brisbane’s Mayor of Lord Adrien Schrinner for illuminating the bridge of the Israeli flag at the beginning of the conflict and refusing to show solidarity with Palestine.
“We will not be quiet,” they said.
Queensland police confirmed that he received and evaluated the application.
“QPS acknowledges that every person has the right to gather peacefully in accordance with the Human Rights Law and the peaceful Assembly law,” he said.
This year, a protest was proposed for the second story bridge. In May, Queensland police prevented a demonstration on the closure of the paths for maintenance.
Prime Minister David Crisafulli said the decision would be made independently by the police.
“The police will independently evaluate the practice according to community security, but close a city is not a way to love Queenslanders to your cause,” he said.
The proposal was greeted with a strong opposition from the Jewish Council of Queensland, which warned that it would increase tensions.
“(Story Bridge) As we have seen on Sydney Port Bridge last weekend, Hamas, Hezbollah, Isis and Iran should not be missed for protests that encourage or support the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
“It would be much more constructive than using public infrastructure to encourage divisive messages that focused on these human concerns.”
Sydney Mart’s organizers were initially rejected by the police, but the decision was overthrown in court.
On August 3, they waited for 50,000 people to participate, but the police then estimated that more than 90,000 people participated.
Queensland’s biggest protest in the record continues to be the 2003 anti -Iraq war rally that attracts about 100,000 people into Brisbane’s CBD.
During the 75th birthday celebrations, the story bridge discussed up to 74,000 crowds spread to four sessions.
