Tag: Human Rights

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

The treatment of Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui is a blot on the Government's record. He remains in solitary confinement in Paremoremo prison 10 months after he arrived here seeking asylum.

Tibet Freedom Torch Relay arrives in Wellington.