New Zealand’s Parliament is considering a bill that would outlaw people who hold targeted and disruptive demonstrations near residential homes.
However, critics say that, in failing to define details such as how close to a home a protest would need to be to trigger the offence, it risks abridging free speech and could be used to shut down protests outside places like embassies.
Introducing the bill on behalf of the minister for justice, junior National Party Minister James Meagher said he was “sure this bill will be a welcome relief to many MPs, officials, and individuals who have had themselves targeted.”…
New Zealand Considering Law to Ban Protests Near Private Homes
