Green MP Keith Locke is urging the government to resist Algerian pressure to deport Ahmed Zaoui when ambassador Soufiane Mimouni visits early next month.
Green MP Keith Locke said today that the abrupt cancellation of the Algerian ambassador's visit to New Zealand raised doubts over the real purpose of his visit.
Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed the government's decision to take another group of the asylum seekers presently interred on Nauru but is challenging New Zealanders to open their hearts to more.
The Green Party is calling for the inquiry into rape allegations against former Rotorua police officers to also consider the failure of police hierarchy and the Police Minister to investigate the complaints when they were originally made aware of the
The Green Party has welcomed the announcement of a Commission of Inquiry into the systematic issues raised by the alleged failure of the police to properly investigate rape allegations against former Rotorua police officers.
Green MP Keith Locke says the SIS should come under the same scrutiny for the Zaoui case that its American and British counterparts are facing over the Iraq war.