Six Charged After Banned Protest Against Asylum Seeker Treatment Goes Ahead

A sign at the entrance as asylum seekers continue to be held at the Kangaroo Point Central Hotel in Brisbane, Australia on June 16, 2020. Jono Searle/Getty Images

BRISBANE—Six refugee advocates have been charged with nuisance offences following a protest outside a Brisbane hotel housing asylum seekers.

They were among about 400 demonstrators who on Aug. 15 marched through streets surrounding the Kangaroo Point Hotel where 120 asylum seekers have been housed for at least a year.