Media Council ruling risks chilling cold-case reporting; FSU backs dissent and urges guidance, not gagging
03 October 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Council ruling risks chilling cold-case reporting; FSU backs dissent and urges guidance, not gagging The Media Council’s decision to uphold a complaint agains...
Our tour with Helen Joyce, teachers afraid of opinions, threats to local democracy & more!
When you support the Free Speech Union, you’re not just ensuring we can keep the lights on, you’re ensuring that YOU get to speak freely. Whether it’s your right to discuss a case before a tribunal, y...
Prominent Irish author Helen Joyce to tour with Free Speech Union in November
01 October 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEProminent Irish author Helen Joyce to tour with Free Speech Union in NovemberThe Free Speech Union is delighted to bring Helen Joyce, a prominent Irish journalist, ...
Takapuna candidate dropped over Auckland Council’s safety concerns, bullies set the rules
29 September 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBullies set the rules: Jewish local candidate dropped over safety concernsAfter heightened safety concerns, a local Takapuna candidate is a victim of the Thugs’ V...
Tribunal imposes sweeping restrictions to stop you talking
Open justice is a cornerstone of open democracy. So why has the Human Rights Review Tribunal imposed sweeping restrictions on a case of public interest, limiting your ability to discuss it? This is an...
Human Rights Review Tribunal issues sweeping restrictions, FSU files to intervene
24 September 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHuman Rights Review Tribunal issues sweeping restrictions, FSU files to interveneThe Human Rights Review Tribunal imposed sweeping restrictions on details of a ca...
