Tag: Human Rights

The decision to ban the Falun Gong from Chinese New Year parade is deplorable, the Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Lock says.

The Green Party will contribute to the Law Commission's legislative review following the Solicitor General's decision not to apply the Terrorism Suppression Act to New Zealanders arrested on arms charges.

The most immediate situation we should address is the illegal and inhumane blockade of Gaza by the Israeli government.

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has expressed surprise at reports that our High Commission in Suva had tried to stop 10 Fijian boy-scouts from entering the country to attend a Scout Jamboree in Christchurch.

Green MP Keith Locke has written to the Prime Minister urging the Government, not the police, to make the decision over whether Tasers should be brought into the police armoury.

Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke is asking the Police Complaints Authority to consider whether the introduction of the Taser stun gun would be contrary to New Zealand's commitments under the UN Convention Against Torture.

Helen Clark's statement that those arrested in the terrorism raids had 'at the very least illicitly used firearms, constructed molotov cocktails and trained themselves in how to use napalm' may be prejudicial, Greens' MP Keith Locke says.

This is an important debate, with the Police for the first time considering charges under the Terrorism Suppression Act against several New Zealanders. This has 'brought the debate home'.

The use of a United States database for New Zealand's Advance Passenger Processing system raises serious concerns, the Green Party says.