Greens

KEITH LOCKE (Green): It is with pleasure that the Greens will be supporting the Arms (Militar

we do support the intention of the bill to put more moral sanction on assaults on children

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It is not about inheriting a position in society or winning an honour, it is about achievement

Did the SAS ever hold staff in the building at gunpoint, depriving them of their liberty?

Our forces knew for certain that they were likely to be tortured

Will the Government allow an independent inquiry?

Green MP Keith Locke is pressing the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee, of which he is a member, to hold an inquiry to assess new evidence regarding prisoners our SAS have handed over to United States and Afghan authorities.

The Green Party is calling on the Government to establish an independent inquiry into new evidence that New Zealand’s SAS soldiers in Afghanistan have been passing over prisoners who have later been mistreated or tortured, actions which may be in breach of the Geneva Convention.