Guest Post: Political Advertising....

Guest Post by Lucy Rogers on Kiwiblog

The Free Palestine party shows that political advertising for parliamentary parties should not be taxpayer funded

A new political party “Palestine Free from the River to the Sea” are explicitly saying that “Our purpose in creating a party is not to seek power, but to raise awareness. If we can reach 500 members quickly we will qualify for government funding to be used in campaign advertising. Every cent will go towards supporting the cause of Palestinian liberation.” See: https://www.psna.nz/news/newsletter-no-242

Guest Post: My experiences of the Police Professional Conduct Unit.....

A guest post by Lucy Rogers on Kiwiblog

My experiences of the Police Professional Conduct Unit: the PPCU, not the IPCA, are the true villains

I knew immediately on the day of my arrest that there was something terribly wrong with police oversight and accountability structures in this country, and said as much in a Kiwiblog article at the time. The impunity with which the Police acted (e.g. not caring or reacting when I recorded their QID numbers, and the fact that they did not bother to delete footage from my phone recording my arrest) told me straightaway that they had got away with this kind of behaviour again and again and again.

Guest Post: Ignore the rumours: the IPCA are awesome

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Lucy Rogers:

It was with slight reservations that in November 2023 I laid a complaint to the Independent Police Conduct Authority about the police wrongfully arresting me. Literally everyone seemed to distrust the IPCA. At first I was cautious but kept an open mind. A few months later this progressed to extreme stress when someone purporting to have firsthand knowledge of the IPCA’s practices told me things about the IPCA that I later discovered to be factually untrue.

David Farrar: The Police illegally arrested Lucy Rogers and lied about it

The Independent Police Complaints Authority has an excellent report on the policing of public protests in New Zealand.

It recommends some thoughtful legislative changes to strengthen the right to protest and counter-protest. They also look at three case studies:

Guest Post: The dead bodies deal

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Lucy Rogers:

It’s headline news: Israel and Hamas have reached what some Western media outlets are having the nerve to call a prisoner swap arrangement. (For example, see NBC News’ article Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release, which says that the deal will “free dozens of hostages held in Gaza, as well as Palestinianis [sic] in Israeli jails” and compares the plight of Palestinians in Israeli jails with that of Israeli hostages held in Gaza).

The terms of the deal

Guest Post: On free speech

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Lucy Rogers:

I recently had an interview (https://theplatform.kiwi/podcasts/episode/lucy-rogers-on-liberation-theology) with The Platform about my criticism of Cuban academic Professor Miguel de la Torre, who spoke at Auckland University. Some issues arose in our conversation which are worth more elucidation than was possible in a 10 minute radio interview.

Guest Post: Will John Minto condemn Hamas for refusing to free the hostages?

A guest post by Lucy Rogers on Kiwiblog

I woke up this morning to initial elation at the news that Israel and Hamas are apparently close to a ceasefire deal. The proposal involves the return of 33 hostages and Hamas’ removal from power, in exchange for the release of several hundred Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, Israel’s withdrawal from eastern Gaza and a ceasefire in stages.

Cam Slater: Police Trample on Rights, Yet Again

On Kiwiblog, and now the NZ Herald, a criminal defence lawyer, Lucy Rogers, has written about the illegal and high-handed approach of NZ Police to silence her protest at the pro-terrorism march over the weekend in Auckland.