Controversial asylum seeker protest in Brisbane postponed due to 'police threats'

In an eleventh hour decision - a controversial refugee protest in Brisbane has been called off due to "police violence".

Activists has planned to protest the detention of about 120 refugees and asylum seekers in the Kangaroo Point Motel, under the Federal Government's medevac laws.

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More than 3000 had expressed interest in attending the protest on social media.

The organisers of the event, Refugee Solidarity Brisbane, took to Facebook to announce the cancellation of the protest due to "threats" by police in the days and weeks leading up to the event.

"The language police used in those press conferences should be deeply concerning for anyone who are cares about the right to peaceful protest in this state," the group said in a Facebook post.

"They said they'd respond with 'full force' and they'll be 'exhausting all their resources to stop this protest going ahead' – these are dog whistles for police violence."

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk also warned Queenslanders earlier in the week she was considering obtaining a court injunction to block the protest. 

The protesters are planning to go ahead next week on August 15.

The group has said the only reason they will cancel altogether is if the Australian Border Force agrees to meet to discuss the free movement of asylum seekers outside an inner city hotel in Brisbane - where more than 110 men are detained.

"We can't let police threats of violence and arrest deter us from taking action against injustice," the post on Facebook said.