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Coverage: Countering Terrorist Fighters Bill Hearings
Spy Powers & Passport Seizures: Foreign Fighters Legislation Passes
Prime Minister John Key has welcomed the passing of the Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill in Parliament tonight... “The threats faced by New Zealand have grown and it is important that we have the ability to respond to that,” says Mr Key. More>>
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- Parliament Today - New Spy Laws Pass, Progress Made On Treaty Bills - Terrorism Surveillance Laws Complete Second Reading
- Out-Link - No Right Turn: The final insult - sumbmissions unread
- National - We’re taking important steps to protect national security
- NZ First - Sedition Amendment Proposed for Countering Terrorism
- Lana Doyle - Spy surveillance laws: not listening to Kiwis
Select Committee Amendments:
- Gordon Campbell - Gordon Campbell on Labour prematurely declaring victory over the SIS law
- TVNZ - Definition of foreign fighters is "tolerably clear"
- Labour - Labour to support amended terror legislation
- Greens - Green Party to defend human rights against Government attack
- United Future - Bill an Improvement but More Work Needs to Be Done
- NZ Law Society - Law Society welcomes changes to Terrorist Fighters Bill
- Donna Mojab - Scheduled Oral Hearing Is Ignored by Select Committee
- David Small - National MP's Electorate Offices Target of Chch Protest
Gordon
Campbell: On Government Arrogance
Ludicrously, the public has been given exactly one day to make submissions on these major infringements of their civil liberties. Despite Finlayson’s misleading signals on RNZ that these are only stopgaps until next year’s full review of our security laws, the measures in question will not, in fact, expire until 2018.
Why the insane rush? Good question. More>>
More:
- Office of the Clerk - Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill: Submissions - More
- Parliament Today - SIS The Centre Of Attention With Bill And Debate - Countering Terrorist Fighters Bill Set To Be Debated
- NZ Govt - Draft foreign fighters legislation released
- Maori Party - Bill’s Indecent Haste Makes a Mockery of Our Democracy
- Greens - John Key yet to produce case for rushed terror law changes - Government should put the brakes on new surveillance laws
- Maori Party - Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill
- CTU - CTU will not engage in Governments sham consultation process
- NZ Council for Civil Liberties - Council refuses to take part in farcical submissions process
- NZ Law Society - Law Society urges reduction of terrorist fighter bill powers
- Keith Locke - Keith Locke presentation on Countering Foreign Fighters Bill
- Amnesty International - Government must allow further scrutiny of bill
- Human Rights Commission - Bill needs amending to better protect human rights
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner - Submission: Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill
- David Small - Scaremongering and Showing Contempt for Democracy
- Peace Movement Aotearoa - Legislation “a travesty of democratic process"
- Aotearoa Human Rights Lawyers Association - Human Rights lawyers' concerns over Terrorist Fighters Bill
- Gordon Campbell - Gordon Campbell on Andrew Little’s debut, Mockingjay, and drunk texting
- Out-Link - SIS powers rammed through with minimal consultation | Morning Report
- Out-Link - Brian Rudman: Spies bigger threat than terror fighters - National - NZ Herald News
- Out-Link - OIA Docs- ISISPMADVICE.pdf
- Out-Link - OASIS: SIS Bill Urgent!
- Out-Link - Civil Liberties in Peril Down Under - NYTimes.com
- TV3 Video - Chris Finlayson apologises for 'chit chat' comment - Pope: 'State terrorism' needs to stop - Norman: No link between terror laws and Cricket World Cup
- Scoop coverage, including SIS report - Key, Whale Oil, Hager And Dirty Politics
- Snowden Doc - Southern Cross among GCSB 2009 'Partner Cables'
- Out-Link - Spy cable revealed: how telecoms firm worked with GCHQ - Channel 4 News
- Out-Link - Snowden-Leaks: How Vodafone-Subsidiary Cable & Wireless Aided GCHQ’s Spying Efforts
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