Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and the Attorney-General Judith Collins made the assessment. “It’s a standard process.”Attorney-General Judith Collins (left) and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right) made the assessment. Luxon said this was an issue for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Two other groups had their terrorist designations continued on with: the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK, in Turkey, and the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab in Somalia. The Government earlier this year designated the political wing of Hamas, based in Gaza, as a terrorist entity.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 20, 2024 05:01 UTC