{"id":1034150,"date":"2023-03-22T00:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T00:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=86275"},"modified":"2023-03-22T00:50:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T00:50:02","slug":"does-public-safety-trump-free-speech-historys-case-for-banning-anti-trans-activist-posie-parker-from-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/03\/22\/does-public-safety-trump-free-speech-historys-case-for-banning-anti-trans-activist-posie-parker-from-nz\/","title":{"rendered":"Does public safety trump free speech? History\u2019s case for banning anti-trans activist Posie Parker from\u00a0NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"
ANALYSIS:<\/strong> By Bevin Veale<\/a>, Massey University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The impending arrival of Kelly-Jean Keen-Minshull<\/a> — aka Posie Parker — has put the spotlight on the tension between free speech and protecting vulnerable communities in Aotearoa New Zealand.<\/p>\n In particular, it raises questions about Immigration New Zealand\u2019s role in limiting who can visit and speak<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n Keen-Minshull is an anti-transgender rights activist and founder of a group called Standing for Women. On the back of a controversial Australian tour, she is planning to speak at a series of events<\/a> across Aotearoa at the end of March.<\/p>\n But Immigration New Zealand is now reviewing her status after about 30 members of the far-right Nationalist Socialist Movement supported her rally<\/a> in Melbourne, clashing with LGBTQI supporters.<\/p>\n The Melbourne police were also criticised by legal observers<\/a>, accused of protecting and supporting the neo-Nazis while focusing \u201cexcessive violence\u201d on the LGBTQI supporters.<\/p>\n Anti-transgender activist Posie Parker to be allowed into New Zealand https:\/\/t.co\/bx8C3JS2Jg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 RNZ News (@rnz_news) March 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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