Green MP Keith Locke is accusing the Government of being responsible for the mental torture of Algerian asylum seeker Ahmed Zaoui and is demanding that he be immediately moved out of Paremoremo Prison.
The Green Party will be voting against this bill. Although the bill has some good provisions, it also contains several sections that undermine our civil liberties.
Does she agree, in light of the Ahmed Zaoui case, that the "framework for issuing security risk certificates… has been shown to have serious flaws"; if not, why not?
The Greens want the Government to raise the issue of China's massive violation of human rights, during the weekend visit by Chinese President, Hu Jintao.