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Civilians toll and UN Human Rights call for halt to air...

Question to the PM: .... is she concerned about the increasing numbers of civilians being killed by the bombing of Afghanistan and will she support the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson's call for a halt in the air strikes?

Green concern rises as civilian deaths mount

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke today said the Greens were becoming increasingly worried as civilian deaths rose as a result of the US and British bombing of Afghanistan.

Afghan refugees shouldn’t be detained

Green Party Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke says the Government should not detain the Afghan asylum seekers arriving in New Zealand tonight and tomorrow.

Justice, not vengeance, must be sought

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today a US military assault on a country such as Afghanistan may incite more violence and destruction.

New Zealand should welcome Melbourne Court decision on Afghans

Green Party Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed a Melbourne judge's direction to land the asylum seekers from the Tampa on Australian territory.

Aid should not be a hostage of trade

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is backing a proposal to deliver New Zealand's foreign aid through an autonomous agency separate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).

NZ needs to continue diplomatic pressure on Fiji

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke wants the Government to continue to promote multi-racial solutions in Fiji.

Australian & NZ Greens ask Australia to take some of Afghan...

Australian and NZ Greens ask Australia to take some of Afghan refugees The following is a joint statement by Australian Green Senator Bob Brown and New Zealand Green MP and Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke : We are a part of the community of nat

Greens support New Zealand taking refugees from Tampa

Green Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has backed Helen Clark's offer to take some of the asylum seekers stranded on the ship Tampa off Christmas Island.