Source: Asia Pacific Report
EDITORIAL: By The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury
Comrades.
The Daily Blog is New Zealand’s largest leftwing blog; we have been around for 13 years.
We’ve had many fights over the years.
This one is perhaps the most alarming.
TDB has been served legal directives from the Star Chamber under pain of 6 months imprisonment or a $5000 fine to censor 4 blogs.
We can’t tell you who is doing this.
We can’t tell you why it’s being done.
We can’t tell you how it’s being done.
And we can’t tell you what has been censored.
I am facing Court action Tuesday this week and I am calling on all mainstream media to apply to cover this. A ruling allows media to cover this in the Court room.
When you find out who is doing this. Why they are doing this. How they are doing this, and what has been censored.
I am making it clear in court on Tuesday the following.
1 – I beg the Court to immediately throw this terrible abuse of process out.
2 – I’m not going to apologise.
3 – I will not pay a fine.
4 – I want to immediately repost my 4 censored blogs.
5 – I want everyone involved in this to be made public, because Free Speech issues like this are definitely in the public interest
6 – I’m prepared to go to prison for Free Speech.
Let’s see what happens on Tuesday.
Wish me luck Comrades.
In solidarity
The Revolution continues
PS – Look, If I do actually get arrested in Court on Tuesday, can someone set up a give-a-little account? I’m going to need money to pay my bills because I’ll be in prison!
PPS – The Bradbury Group is booked to go live 8pm on Tuesday – but IF I am in prison, Matthew Tukaki from Waatea will step in as host.
PPPS – If I go to prison, please can you do me a Shawshank Redemption and send so many books in that they shame the State for putting me in prison in the first place.
Republished from The Daily Blog with permission.