Speakers at
Public Meeting to stop GCSB Bill reflect widespread
opposition to the Bill
The Coalition to Stop the
GCSB Bill has organised a public meeting at the Auckland
Town Hall for next Monday 19th August at 7pm.
The meeting
follows our very successful public meeting a fortnight ago
at the Mt Albert War Memorial Hall where an overflow crowd
heard speakers call the bill a threat to our fundamental
freedoms.
This second meeting has been timed for the
evening before the GCSB Bill is reported back to parliament
and the speakers confirmed so far reflect the strong and
widespread opposition to the bill.
Confirmed speakers so
far are:
• Dr Rodney Harrison QC (presented the
Law Society submission on GCSB Bill)
• Kim
Dotcom (the most high profile victim of illegal GCSB
spying)
• Jon Stephenson (journalist and war
correspondent)
• Seeby Woodhouse (Founder of
Orcon ISP and 2004 NZ Young Entrepreneur of the Year)
•
Helen Kelly (CTU President)
• Professor Jane
Kelsey (Law Faculty Auckland University)
•
Marama Davidson (Maori activist and blogger)
•
Russel Norman (Green Party Leader)
• Winston
Peters (NZ First leader)
• Hone Harawira (Mana
Party Leader)
• Nicky Hagar (investigative
journalist)
Such is the interest the meeting will also be
streamed live on the Daily Blog at www.thedailyblog.co.nz
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