Tag: Global Affairs

Green MP Keith Locke is worried that much of the new funding for counter-terrorism is going to intelligence services.

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today the Government should increase the refugee quota now, instead of waiting until after the next election to make a decision.

New Zealand should express concern over the Australian Government's harsh and intransigent response to hunger striking asylum seekers, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

It is disturbing to find out that a combination of US threats and the Government's fixation with free trade have led to the commitment of SAS troops to Afghanistan, Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Green MP Keith Locke is inviting Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff to speak out against Israel's assault on the Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority.

Reports that virtually all the Taliban prisoners held in the Qala-i-Jhangi jail in northern Afghanistan have been killed demand independent investigation, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesman Keith Locke said today.

Green Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke said today our SAS troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan to stop New Zealand being involvedt in an imminent massacre of troops in the northern city of Kunduz.

Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke today urged all New Zealanders to take advantage of the opening of submissions on the Government's terrorism bill to the public.

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke supports the Government contributing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, but does not want it used as a smokescreen to justify New Zealand's participation in the war.