"I make no secret of my hatred of the excessive and inappropriate use of name suppression in New Zealand. In particular, I am infuriated by the number of sex offenders who are given name suppression because people knowing about their offending would cause some kind of unjust hardship. ... The system should not be mitigating against natural justice. ...
"How dare the system, and those in it, prevent the victims of sexual violence from speaking about what happened to them. How dare anyone tell them they cannot point at their convicted assaulter and say 'that man did it to me!'”~ Ani O’Brien from her post 'Win for victims: New law puts survivors at the centre of justice'
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Monday, 10 November 2025
"The excessive and inappropriate use of name suppression"
2 comments:
We welcome thoughtful disagreement.
But we do (ir)regularly moderate comments -- and we *will* delete any with insulting or abusive language. Or if they're just inane. It’s okay to disagree, but pretend you’re having a drink in the living room with the person you’re disagreeing with. This includes me.
PS: Have the honesty and courage to use your real name. That gives added weight to any opinion.
It goes both ways though. There are not infrequent cases of name suppression being endowed to false rape accusers. Think about it...
ReplyDeleteI think the key word in the OP is "convicted."
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