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January 27, 2023 No, It's Not 'understandable': Sport Northland Contravenes NZBORA By Denying Venue Access

No, It's Not 'understandable': Sport Northland Contravenes NZBORA By Denying Venue Access

27 January 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No, It's Not 'understandable': Sport Northland Contravenes NZBORA By Denying Venue Access The decision by Sport Northland to deny 'Stop Co-Governance', a communit...

January 25, 2023 Appointment Of Chief Executive At Human Rights Commission An Opportunity For Reset

Appointment Of Chief Executive At Human Rights Commission An Opportunity For Reset

25 January 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Free Speech Union notes the appointment of Meg de Ronde as the new Chief Executive of the Human Rights Commission, the first ever to hold this role, and welco...

January 16, 2023 Free speech: the antithesis of violence

Free speech: the antithesis of violence

The spectre of terrorism is present throughout the West (and far beyond), but due to our recent past in New Zealand, this threat plays on our mind in unique ways.  On March 15, 2019, 51 Muslim worsh...

December 14, 2022 Neo-blasphemy Law Passes First Reading, Taking Kiwis' Speech Rights Backward

Neo-blasphemy Law Passes First Reading, Taking Kiwis' Speech Rights Backward

14 December 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill has passed its First Reading in Parliament and been sent to the Justice Select Committ...

November 30, 2022 Thousands Call For Parliament To Keep Terrorist Charges For Terrorist Activities And Material Only

Thousands Call For Parliament To Keep Terrorist Charges For Terrorist Activities And Material Only

30 November 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thousands Call For Parliament To Keep Terrorist Charges For Terrorist Activities And Material Only In less than 24 hours, over 5,000 Kiwis have signed the Free S...

November 28, 2022 Culture of Free Speech & Journalist Activism

Culture of Free Speech & Journalist Activism

Those of us on the council at the Free Speech Union spend a lot of time disagreeing. We don’t all vote for the same parties nor believe in the same gods (or any at all). We don’t agree with everyone w...