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Amnesty International Announces New Leadership
Friday, 15 June 2012, 3:42 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is pleased to welcome Grant Bayldon as the new Executive Director of the Aotearoa New Zealand section of the human rights organisation. More >>
Investigate Military Attacks On Villagers In Wamena, Papua
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 2:11 pm | Amnesty International
The Indonesian authorities must ensure a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into reports of unnecessary and excessive use of force including firearms by security forces in Wamena, Papua province. More >>
Investigate Military Attacks on Villagers in Wamena
Monday, 11 June 2012, 1:20 pm | Amnesty International
The Indonesian authorities must ensure a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into reports of unnecessary and excessive use of force including firearms by security forces in Wamena, Papua province. More >>
Indonesia: Investigate Military Attacks on Villagers
Sunday, 10 June 2012, 8:08 pm | Amnesty International
The Indonesian authorities must ensure a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into reports of unnecessary and excessive use of force including firearms by security forces in Wamena, Papua province. More >>
Leading Human Rights Expert to visit New Zealand
Friday, 8 June 2012, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Senior Director of International Law and Policy, Widney Brown, will visit New Zealand ahead of the upcoming Arms Trade Treaty negotiations. More >>
Amnesty International Condemn Administrative Detention
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 10:25 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International News 6 June 2012 Israel: The injustice and secrecy surrounding administrative detention A Palestinian woman protests against the Israeli practice of detention without trial or charge. © ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GettyImages More >>
NZ at risk of breaching Refugee Convention obligations
Monday, 30 April 2012, 7:50 pm | Amnesty International
The New Zealand government's introduction of changes to the Immigration Act represent a deeply concerning trend that ignores the violent and terrifying situations these people are fleeing says Amnesty International. More >>
Taylor verdict sends message that no-one is above the law
Friday, 27 April 2012, 9:45 am | Amnesty International
The conviction of Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone sends out a clear message to leaders the world over that no-one is immune from justice - but while the verdict brings some satisfaction for his victims, more must now be done, ... More >>
Indonesia must end impunity for police violence
Wednesday, 25 April 2012, 2:57 pm | Amnesty International
Despite a decade of supposed reform, Indonesian police officers continue to be implicated in shootings and beatings of peaceful individuals. More >>
Shell’s Wildly Inaccurate Reporting Of Niger Delta Oil Spill
Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 8:48 am | Amnesty International
Shell’s Wildly Inaccurate Reporting Of Niger Delta Oil Spill Exposed A major oil spill in the Niger Delta was far worse than Shell previously admitted, according to an independent assessment obtained by Amnesty International and the Centre for ... More >>
New Death Threats Against Father Alejandro Solalinde
Sunday, 22 April 2012, 12:59 pm | Amnesty International
Father Alejandro Solalinde Guerra has been repeatedly threatened for his public condemnation of the ill treatment against migrants crossing Mexico committed by criminal gangs and public officials. More >>
Open Letter On Human Rights Violations in Indonesia
Saturday, 7 April 2012, 11:58 am | Amnesty International
We are writing at this time to raise our concerns about human rights violations committed by the police in Indonesia. Amnesty International has received ongoing credible reports of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (other ill-treatment). ... More >>
NZ needs independent investigation of human rights record
Monday, 2 April 2012, 4:37 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International reiterates its long-standing call for an independent investigation into New Zealand’s compliance with international humanitarian and human rights obligations following the completion of the Special Air Service’s (SAS) mission ... More >>
Death Penalty 2011: Alarming Levels of Executions
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 2:25 pm | Amnesty International
Countries that carried out executions in 2011 did so at an alarming rate but those employing capital punishment have decreased by more than a third compared to a decade ago, Amnesty International found in its annual review of death sentences and executions. More >>
Indonesia: Victims Still Waiting for Truth and Justice
Sunday, 25 March 2012, 1:37 pm | Amnesty International
As the world marks the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, in Indonesia victims of serious human rights violations continue to call for truth, justice and reparation. More >>
Clinton must reveal final recipient of military cargo
Friday, 16 March 2012, 3:28 pm | Amnesty International
The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command this afternoon insisted that a cargo of weapons with explosives on the ship MV Schippersgracht's en route to Port Said would not be off-loaded in any Egyptian port. More >>
Amnesty International report on Syria: Torture in detention
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 3:29 pm | Amnesty International
A new report on torture, the one year anniversary of the uprisings, ongoing slaughter and a need to take action will see Amnesty International and Syrian Solidarity New Zealand stand together on Saturday 17th March in Auckland to ask, “How much blood ... More >>
Seeking a Pacific Human Rights Defender for 2012
Monday, 12 March 2012, 3:31 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is on the search for one extraordinary individual who contributes to the protection, promotion and defence of human rights in New Zealand and the Pacific. Nominations are now open for the 2012 Human Rights Defender Award. More >>
Calls for First Lady to break her silence on Syria
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 5:38 pm | Amnesty International
As the world marks International Women’s Day this Thursday, Amnesty International is taking a stand with the women of Syria by calling on one woman to break her silence. More >>
International Women’s Day: Amnesty Calls On The First Lady
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 4:59 pm | Amnesty International
As the world marks International Women’s Day this Thursday, Amnesty International is taking a stand with the women of Syria by calling on one woman to break her silence. Since March 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government has overseen a ... More >>
