2002

There needs to be a strong public reaction every time New Zealand officials think they can act as censors for the Chinese government.

 

Denials that our SAS troops could be handing Afghan prisoners over to torture are getting less and less credible. The government claims that on joint Read More

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.

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party will be supporting this bill to the select committee, an

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Courts and Criminal Matters Bill does

Images courtesy of Radio Live ***** The three Kiwi soldiers in Afghanistan might have seen it as a bit of harmless fun. To help a Read More