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Green MP salutes long time peace campaigner

Green MP Keith Locke is mourning the death of Nagasaki mayor, Iccho Ito, a long time campaigner for nuclear disarmament, who died this morning after being struck by an assassin's bullet last night.

Yadegary release a partial victory

Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke welcomed the release on bail of Thomas Yadegary, an Iranian who has been held for nearly two and half years without charge in Mt Eden jail, since being arrested on 1 November 2004.

Sedition laws belong in the dustbin of history

Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson MP Keith Locke today supported the call by Law Commission president Sir Geoffrey Palmer to scrap New Zealand laws on sedition.

War on poverty just as urgent as war on terrorism

Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has called on the Government to announce a clear timetable for how it plans to meet the UN target for development aid of .7 percent of GNI by 2015.

Greens ask Police to admit they were wrong

Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke is asking the Police to admit responsibility for wrongly stopping an accredited parliamentary press gallery journalist from doing his job at a media event in the Beehive.

Police loosening criteria for taser use

Green Party MP Keith Locke is concerned that Police appear to have loosened the criteria for taser use, so that it is now being used simply to make an arrest easier.

Terrorism Bill takes out due process

The Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill, introduced into Parliament today, is a further attack on our civil liberties, Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Government finally gets the message about rail

The Green Party welcomes the Government's decision to re-open and revamp the railway line between Onehunga and Penrose, and now urges the Government to greenlight the electrification of the network, Auckland — based Green MP Keith Locke sa

Shoot-outs in the sky possible, in the name of security

Green MP Keith Locke has warned against the danger of legally allowing foreign armed air marshals onto planes coming into New Zealand, as proposed by the Aviation Security Legislation Bill introduced into Parliament today.