Rights to Justice Protest at opening of parliament

While New Zealand's Prime Minister was seen in Europe celebrating the defeat of the tyranny of the Nazi's at the 'D' Day commemorations - New Zealanders are forced into a debilitating fight for the most basic of all freedoms;

The right to Justice

The Eatwell family of Franz Josef have been pleading since the 1990's with the highest levels of authorities in New Zealand for a fair hearing of a dispute that cost them their large farm, homes and their families livelihood.

The petition the Eatwells presented to Parliament in October 2003 has subsequently been subjected to actions best described as tyranny.

As an effect of the oppression they are experiencing, from Tuesday Gray and Vickie Eatwell will be on the steps of Parliament asking for their natural rights - to be properly heard.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>