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Counter-Terrorism Bill is Counter-more than Terrorism

The Green Party will be voting against this bill. Although the bill has some good provisions, it also contains several sections that undermine our civil liberties.

Question for Oral Answer – Ahmed Zaoui & Security Risk Certificate

Does the Minister stand by her statements in the House of 24 March 1999 that "I am frightened… that there will be people who will have a security risk certificate issued against them and they will not know why. They will be fighting windmi

Motion in support of Palestinian parliamentarians

Motion calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the Palestinian Speaker Abdelaiziz El-Dweik, the Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, and the other arrested Ministers and members of the Palestinian Parliament

Let Irving Come

Without the guise of victimhood provided by attempts to suppress him, Irving's arguments would have largely disappeared from sight many years ago.

Your Privacy Under Threat: What’s Wrong with the Search & Surveillance...

On the third anniversary of the 2007 “Anti-Terrorism Raids, Keith Locke – Green MP is coming to Dunedin to deliver a speech on the Search and Surveillance Bill legislation which is currently being considered by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee. This Bill is concerning because it extends state search and surveillance powers beyond Police and intelligence age ncies to an array of other state agencies.

Campaign to Stop the Search & Surveillance Bill National Day of...

Join us as we are march down to the National Party HQ and on to the Wellington Police Station.

Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth – Keith Locke’s letter to John...

Keith Locke's letter to John Key, urging him to engage with the issue of the human rights crisis in Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on 27 to 29 November 2009 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Ms Rebiya Kadeer: Why China Needs to Recognise the Rights of...

Come hear this Chinese Uighur leader and human rights activist speaks about her life and her people.

Keith Locke on Foreign Affairs and Human Rights

Join Green foreign affairs spokesperson Keith Locke MP and other Hawkes Bay candidates for a discussion on New Zealand's place in the world.