Kiwis express concern as media REFUSES to report on Avi Yemini Interpol leak

SIGN THE PETITION: Let Avi Yemini in

Let the Aussie journalist report from New Zealand

26,892 signatures
Goal: 30,000 Signatures

Optional email code

First Name

Last Name

Email

Mobile Phone

Send me email updates

Send me text message updates

Address (Street, City, State, Postal Code)

Country AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo, the Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzech RepublicCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Faroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly See (Vatican City State)HondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIran, Islamic Republic ofIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesia, Federated States ofMoldova, Republic ofMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth KoreaNorth Macedonia, Republic ofNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Martin (French part)Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint Maarten (Dutch part)SlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth KoreaSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania, United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofViet NamVirgin Islands, BritishVirgin Islands, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands

Secure

E-transfer (Canada):
[email protected] - password RebelNews if required

Cheques made out to Rebel News:
Rebel News Network Ltd.
PO Box 61056 Eglinton/Dufferin RO
Toronto, ON M6E 5B2

Crypto

New Zealanders have taken to social media and blog sites to express their concern for the country's free press as mainstream media outlets refuse to report on an explosive Interpol leak.

The nation's newspapers and broadcast media have remained silent after a leak showed Wellington Interpol advising its Canberra counterpart of its wishes to stop Rebel News reporter Avi Yemini and independent journalist Rukshan Fernando from entering the country to report on an anti-government protest last week.

Rebel News has been inundated with comments of support for Yemini since the news broke on Monday.

Kiwis REACT to my ban

SIGN NOW: https://t.co/ROXdHzNoBl pic.twitter.com/7UlIOL6m1s

— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) August 31, 2022

The Interpol communication stated that NZ Police were urgently seeking "any information regarding criminal convictions or any information tending to show they are individuals of bad character, associated to criminal groups and individuals or Far-Right extremism groups."

One of New Zealand's biggest and longest-running blogs, Kiwiblog, received over 100 comments from readers on its post sharing the news, showing a significant public concern with how the situation was handled by NZ authorities.

"I’m not afraid of ideas. I’ll make a judgment based on you expressing them. It’s a duty of Government to protect the unpopular ideas," said one comment.

"Did our cops not notice that Victoria Police were forced to apologise to Avi and to acknowledge that he is a journalist and their harassment of him was illegal?," said another.

"Reading between the lines; seems like political and state media pressure on the police. Clearly someone was concerned enough to leak the emails," added a third.

Users posting to group blog website The BFD also expressed their concerns over the leak.

"Good gracious, all this is such an uphill struggle. The ability of the administration to just ignore things - refute the context of that question - and then damned well get away with it is so wearying," read one comment.

Indepdent broadcaster Sean Plunket of The Platform asked NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about the leak in a press conference on Tuesday in a room full of reporters, yet none have followed up on the story.

Plunket later invited Yemini onto his program to discuss the incident in detail, concluding that the authorities could quickly clear up the authenticity of the leak if they wanted.

"Having talked to Avi, I think there are questions to be answered here, I don't think there is any doubt about that," he said.

WATCH AVI'S EXPLOSIVE REPORT:

Jacinda Ardern's Labour government provides the New Zealand media sector with a $55m fund for 'public interest journalism'.

Over 21,000 people have already signed a petition to let Yemini cross the New Zealand border.