Hate speech laws resurface for transgender community
Should Kiwis face jail time for ‘misgendering’ someone who is ‘non-binary’?
Should the law stop them from ‘outing’ someone who is ‘intersex’?
Should they be criminalised for ‘deadnaming’ someone who i...
By Jonathan Ayling
Free speech is a cornerstone of democratic societies. It is difficult to overstate its significance to the legal profession. Our justice system (like our democratic systems of repre...
It's nice to be home after traveling to Sydney this week for a series of meetings. We met with the other leaders of Free Speech Unions from Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa and launched...
Launch of a coalition across the English-speaking world to defend free speech
By Jonathan Ayling, New Zealand Free Speech Union, and Toby Young, UK Free Speech Union
The enemies of free speech hunt in packs, so its defenders must band together, too. This belief has long been at...
Yet another nurse under threat because of a Facebook comment
If each of the affronts to free speech that we fight were seen in isolation, they might not seem like a big deal. But, together, they add up to a much bigger problem.
Each time we write to you, ther...
This OIA response reveals the true state of free speech in universities
This is a long letter, but an important one.
The key point is to unpack new revelations that expose the depth of bigotry and opposition to free speech in our universities. I am writing to ask you to s...
