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August 6, 2021 Record Public Feedback Against Government’s Proposed Anti-speech Laws

Record Public Feedback Against Government’s Proposed Anti-speech Laws

6 August 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More than 15,000 Kiwis have submitted to the Ministry of Justice against the proposed “hate speech” laws and endorsed Free Speech Union’s submission via its submiss...

August 4, 2021 More Than 10,000 New Zealanders Submit Against Proposed “Hate Speech” Changes

More Than 10,000 New Zealanders Submit Against Proposed “Hate Speech” Changes

4 August 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Kiwi public has responded loud and clear to the Government’s questions raised in the consultation document on proposed hate speech changes: they don’t want the ...

August 3, 2021 Free Speech Union Academic Advisory Council Statement on the Listener Letter

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...

July 30, 2021 Free Speech and the War over Sex and Gender

Free Speech and the War over Sex and Gender

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...

July 29, 2021 FSU Backs Academic Freedom To Call Out Flat-Earthers

FSU Backs Academic Freedom To Call Out Flat-Earthers

29 July 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FSU Backs Academic Freedom To Call Out Flat-Earthers The Free Speech Union is backing a University Lecturer's fight for academic freedom, against University of Waika...

July 15, 2021 Free Speech Update: Dictionary definition of "woman" = hate speech | Army defeated by essay | Speakeasy invite |

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...