The Green Party is calling on the Government to take a more pro-active role in standing up for international human rights' conventions than it did in the first term of George W. Bush's presidency.
Green MP Keith Locke is criticising the Justice Minister for giving the green light to US companies that send New Zealanders' personal information to America for checking against the US anti-terrorist watchlist.
Green MP Keith Locke says the purchase of Israeli military hardware for our defence force has compromised New Zealand's role as an impartial advocate for peace in the Middle East.
Green MP Keith Locke says he will write to the Privacy Commissioner to ask her to investigate the actions of United States companies operating in New Zealand that are applying American, rather than our, laws and policies.
Green MP Keith Locke has written to Corrections Minister Paul Swain to ask that Ahmed Zaoui be allowed to deliver a lecture in person at the University of Auckland tomorrow.