Record Public Feedback Against Government s Proposed Anti-speech Laws – Free Speech Union thedailyblog.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thedailyblog.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 10:49 am
Responding to the video posted on TikTok by
jesuspreachingNZ, the Free Speech Union says the video shows
everything that is wrong with the Government’s vague and
dangerous hate speech proposals.
“New hate
speech laws haven’t even been written yet but police are
already out on our streets determining what hate speech is,
claiming the street preachers are apparently ‘very close
to the line’,” says Free Speech Union Campaign Manager,
Jonathan Ayling.
“Interestingly, the officer in the
video makes the point that what the preachers are saying is
‘subjective’. That is precisely the problem with these
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 11:49 am
The Free Speech Union is backing a University Lecturer s
fight for academic freedom, against University of Waikato
attempts to stop him from describing people as cranks , who
claim on religious authority that the earth is flat, and
that people lived alongside dinosaurs.
Dr Raymond
Richards who teaches history at the University of Waikato
faces potential disciplinary action for his lectures about
methods of critical thinking in history.
A
spokesperson for the Union, Stephen Franks says, “When
anti-vaxxers are reminding us that the difference between
science and superstition may mean life or death for innocent
people, freedom for people to call things as they see them
Suspect Who Stabbed Christian Activist Multiple Times at London s Speaker s Corner Still At Large
On 7/28/21 at 8:28 PM EDT
London Metropolitan Police referred
Newsweek to a statement released Monday that said no arrest had been made in the case and the department s counterterrorism command is now leading the investigation.
Hatun Tash, 39, a frequent Christian proselytizer seen at the Hyde Park location, was attacked and stabbed several times by a man dressed in black with a hood and face mask aiming his stabs at her throat and body. Tash, who suffered wounds to her face and hands, is still recovering.
According to London s Christian Legal Centre the organization representing Tash their client, a former Muslim from Turkey, is known for preaching at the spot that s considered a traditional site for public speeches and debates since the mid-1800s. When the episode occurred, Tash, who was wearing a
Scottish government will ask staff to put gender pronouns in emails, despite overwhelming opposition sott.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sott.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.