Reem Alsalem Reem Alsalem is the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences. The Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts and Working Groups are part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts
As recently reported by The BFD, Freedom of Information requests in New Zealand have revealed that “the government […] censorship is extending to its own regulators and […] even its lawyers”. “Hold my booster,” says the Australian government. In less than three years the federal government intervened at least 4213 times to
When Planet of the Apes’ displaced astronaut, Taylor, begs for an answer to the mystery of just what planet he’s landed on, wise monkey Dr Zaius warns him: Don’t look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find. When he saw the Statue of Liberty in
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. Since 2018, Kurt has been the Research and Features Editor at the Canberra Declaration. He is also a freelance writer, and a regular contributor at the Spectator Australia,
Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com news.gab.com Recent events involving Twitter and Elon Musk complying with the Turkish government’s request to censor political content during their elections have raised concerns about the potential consequences for free speech. Late Friday evening Twitter released a statement noting “In response to
NewZealandDoc newzealanddoc.substack.com Philadelphia-born psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and author who emigrated to New Zealand in 2006. He retired from psychiatric practice in 2021, refusing to be inoculated, after working in the public sector in New Zealand. There is an old joke that goes something like this: “Why do Baptists forbid
Holly Baines freetobechurch.nz A guest post from Holly Baines explaining the work of Free To Be Church in New Zealand and how Christian Concern encouraged them to stand for the freedom to worship. In 2020 the world stood still. Covid swept the globe, leaving in its wake unprecedented governmental
Nicholas Fondacaro newsbusters.org Nick grew up in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2013 with a degree in Political Science. While at Binghamton he served as the Speaker of the Student Assembly and wrote for the Binghamton Review, where his love for journalism started. After graduating,
David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. Dáil Eireann, the lower house of the Irish Parliament, has just passed the most radical hate speech law in the history of the Irish State, a law so
newsbusters.org Late-night hosts kiss up to their guests all the time. It’s in the job description. That’s how you treat celebrity guests, one of the few elements today’s far-left hosts retain from the Johnny Carson blueprint of yore. It takes on a surreal component when the
The biggest lie of the trans creepers is that they face a “genocide” of violence. The second-biggest lie is that they are a powerless, persecuted, helpless minority. While they are indeed a minority — less than a tenth of a per cent of the population — they enjoy ludicrously outsized power, presence
Get ready for the spiciest defo case in years. If NSW MP Alex Greenwich goes ahead with his vilification case against Mark Latham, it’ll only escalate what should have been long consigned to the dustbin of the history of silly, nasty Twitter fights. Latham is not exactly known for
brownstone.org On Tuesday this week, the European Commission announced its first list of designated Very Large Online Platforms – or VLOPs – that will be subject to “content moderation” requirements and obligations to combat “disinformation” under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). As VLOPs, the designated services will be required
A New Zealand man who caused mass disruption during a UK climate change protest has been sentenced to years in prison in what is reportedly one of the longest sentences for a peaceful protest in British history. Actually, he wasn’t sentenced for protesting, as we’ll see. Morgan Trowland,
Luis Cornelio newsbusters.org Luis is the MRC Assistant Editor for Business and Free Speech American. He graduated cum laude with a Political Science and a minor from City College of New York. Most recently he served as the English Editor-in-Chief of El American and is an alum of The
Compare and contrast. Our government and media have brazenly condoned the abuse of UK women’s rights activist Posie Parker by transgender protesters. But UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ramped up his support for women’s rights, speaking out against the trans extremism movement where words like ‘pregnant woman’
