New Zealand Lifts Ban on Commentator Candace Owens

The Associate Minister of Immigration Chris Penk overturned the ban imposed by his department.

Candace Owens, an American conservative commentator and activist, speaks at the High School Leadership Summit, a Turning Point USA event, at George Washington University in Washington on July 26, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

New Zealand’s Free Speech Union (FSU) is hailing a “huge win for the speech rights [of] all Kiwis” after their appeal on behalf of Candace Owens was upheld by Associate Minister of Immigration Chris Penk.

Immigration New Zealand had denied the right-wing American commentator an Entertainer’s Work Visa because she had been refused permission to visit Australia.