New Zealanders are debating the limits of free speech after their chief censor banned a 74-page manifesto written by the accused Christchurch gunman
The ban, issued on Saturday, means anybody caught with the document on their computer could face up to 10 years in prison, while anyone caught sending or forwarding it could face 14 years. Some say the ban goes too far and risks lending both the document and the gunman mystique.
Shanks had earlier placed a similar ban on the 17-minute livestream video the accused killer filmed from a camera mounted on his helmet during the shootings. Shanks said researchers and journalists could apply for exemptions from both bans. Franks said he had no interest in reading the manifesto until it was banned. He is now curious because it is "forbidden fruit," he said, and he worries others may feel the same way. He said the ban makes no sense when New Zealanders remain free to read Adolf Hitler'sLoading
News organisations fear Tarrant will use his trial as a soapbox to promote his white nationalist views, especially after he fired his lawyer and said he'd represent himself.newspaper and covered the trial of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, said there are dangers in censoring Tarrant. He said that during the Breivik trial, many media outlets, including his own, were careful to report only what happened in court without discussing Breivik's far-right ideology.
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