Protests Mount on Meeting of the G-20 Rich

World Trade Scanner Editor will be in Brisbane to cover the G-20 meet 15-16 Nov. He will send you on the spot report on the scenes there. Here is a story in the run up to the Brisbane.

The first two protesters banned from Brisbane’s G20 will be added to the police prohibited person’s list in the next fortnight, Queensland Police’s Assistant Commissioner Katarina Carroll told reporters in Brisbane on 28 October.

The news came as Queensland police confirmed that 24 groups had told police they intend to protest at Brisbane’s G20, from November 14 to 16.

The “prohibited persons” ban means these people are banned from attending the event and will be arrested if they attend.

Ms Carroll said the numbers of people on the prohibited person’s list could increase as G20 - to run November 14-16 - approached.

Ms Carroll said police had gathered intelligence about “Black bloc” protest groups possibly coming to Brisbane’s G20.

Ms Carroll said police understood Black Bloc as a tactic used by protestors, rather than a specific protest group.