Tag: Global Affairs
JustPeace #102
A fortnightly Green Bulletin of News, Action and Analysis
NEWS
GOVERNMENT BY GOOGLE? Green Party Security and Intelligence Spokesperson Keith Locke said on 16 August that he was
Privacy concerns about US snooping need investigating
New Zealand's passive response to revelations that the US authorities have been intercepting hundreds of thousands of ordinary bank transactions around the globe has fallen far short of the standard set by the European Parliament.
Customs and Excise Bill (No 2) First Reading
KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party will be supporting the referral of the Customs and Excise Amendment Bill (No 2) to a select committee.
Government must support Lebanon ceasefire now
Green MP Keith Locke is challenging Prime Minister Helen Clark to support European and United Nations calls for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
Government shouldn’t ignore war crimes in Lebanon
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters should be more forthright in their comments on the crisis in Lebanon, Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke says.
JustPeace #100
A fortnightly Green Bulletin of News, Action and Analysis
NEWS
TIME TO STOP THIS TRAGIC FARCE — and withdraw the risk security certificate against Ahmed Zaoui &
Protest letter from Greens to Israel over Gaza, Lebanon
Green Party MP Keith Locke today delivered a letter to Israel's Honorary Consul in Wellington, David Zwartz, expressing his party's concern at Israel's ongoing military attacks in Gaza, and now Lebanon.
Rayed Ali still in Saudi jail
Green MP Keith Locke has written to the Saudi government expressing his concern over the ongoing imprisonment of Rayed Ali, six weeks after he was deported from New Zealand on May 30 for formerly being associated with a September 11 terrorist.
JustPeace # 99
A fortnightly Green Bulletin of News, Action and Analysis
NEWS
THE WAY OUT OF GUANTANAMO BAY. In the second week of June the European Parliament voted, by a large majority,