Tag: Justice
Brutal mistreatment of prisoners cannot be ignored
Green MP Keith Locke says threats by the Justice Minister to appeal compensation awarded to five prisoners for severe mistreatment send the message that prisoners have no human rights and 'deserve' whatever brutality they encounter in jail.
Condemning anti-Semitism
On behalf of the Green Party, I would like to endorse what the previous speakers have said, and express our absolute repugnance at the desecration of Jewish graves in Makara and in Wellington.
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Irving decision is a blow for free speech, says Locke
Green MP Keith Locke has accused the Immigration Service of not upholding the right of free speech in its refusal to allow David Irving into the country.
Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Bill
Sue Kedgley on Behalf of Keith Locke:
I am delivering this speech on behalf of the Green Party spokesperson on human rights, Keith Locke. He prepared this speech but he is unable to be here.