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New Zealand authorities have deployed Barry Manilow against protesters at its parliament, playing his greatest hits at hundreds camped out over coronavirus restrictions."
The parliament speaker, Trevor Mallard, on Saturday said he had authorised the use of a sound system to blast out vaccine messages, decades-old Barry Manilow songs and the 1990s earworm hit Macarena on a repeat loop.
Protesters responded by playing their own tunes, including Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take It.
There are unconfirmed reports of the NZ government being taken to the UN over human rights abuses, quoting the forced listening to of Mr Manilow constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
That is all
The parliament speaker, Trevor Mallard, on Saturday said he had authorised the use of a sound system to blast out vaccine messages, decades-old Barry Manilow songs and the 1990s earworm hit Macarena on a repeat loop.
Protesters responded by playing their own tunes, including Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take It.
There are unconfirmed reports of the NZ government being taken to the UN over human rights abuses, quoting the forced listening to of Mr Manilow constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
That is all
