Tag: Human Rights

The sign of a good Government is that it has a heart and that it can hear cries of distress.

Green MP Keith Locke says top-level attacks on the author of a new report on the Zaoui case should not obscure the document's assertion that Mr Zaoui has been illegally detained since last August.

Green MP Keith Locke says the SIS should come under the same scrutiny for the Zaoui case that its American and British counterparts are facing over the Iraq war.

Green MP Keith Locke is angry that the Government is trying to block consideration of Ahmed Zaoui's human rights.

The Green Party has welcomed the announcement of a Commission of Inquiry into the systematic issues raised by the alleged failure of the police to properly investigate rape allegations against former Rotorua police officers.

Green MP Keith Locke rejects the Immigration Minister's assertion today that Ahmed Zaoui cannot be moved to the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre.

The Green Party is calling for the inquiry into rape allegations against former Rotorua police officers to also consider the failure of police hierarchy and the Police Minister to investigate the complaints when they were originally made aware of the

Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed the government's decision to take another group of the asylum seekers presently interred on Nauru but is challenging New Zealanders to open their hearts to more.

Green MP Keith Locke said today that the abrupt cancellation of the Algerian ambassador's visit to New Zealand raised doubts over the real purpose of his visit.