“Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Two years ago in Christchurch, New Zealand was subjected to an horrific act of extreme violence, in the name of ideology.
Yesterday, another terrorist attack was carried out, this time in Auckland.
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Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt’s op-ed yesterday defending the government's proposed hate speech laws is thoroughly predictable after a month of terrible comms that failed to convin...
Free Speech Union Conversion Therapy Submission Explained
The introduction of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill (CPP Bill) to Parliament by Minister for Justice Kris Faafoi was a long-awaited win for many Kiwis in the Rainbow Community, and wider. Fo...
Free Speech Union Academic Advisory Council Statement on the Listener Letter
The Free Speech Union unequivocally supports the free expression of seven distinguished New Zealand academics who recently authored a letter to The Listener, titled, In Defence of Science as well as t...
For the first Speakeasy webinar, we sat down with Kathleen Stock, author and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex. Kathleen has been aggressively targeted by the outrage mob for her i...
Free Speech Update: Dictionary definition of "woman" = hate speech | Army defeated by essay | Speakeasy invite |
Dear Supporter,
This update is a little longer than usual – the team has been busy with both the 'hate speech' campaign and the new attacks by New Zealand's would-be censors. As you'll see below, even...