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Amnesty's Annual Meeting in Christchurch
Monday, 3 May 2010, 11:54 pm | Amnesty International
Richard Towle, a leading UN refugee expert in the Pacific region, has been confirmed as Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s keynote speaker for its Annual Meeting this Saturday (8 May). More >>
UN refugee expert to keynote Amnesty meeting
Monday, 3 May 2010, 1:50 pm | Amnesty International
UN refugee expert to keynote Amnesty International’s 2010 Annual Meeting in Christchurch Richard Towle, a leading UN refugee expert in the Pacific region, has been confirmed as Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s keynote speaker for its Annual ... More >>
New Zealand’s commitment to human rights
Friday, 16 April 2010, 1:31 pm | Amnesty International
The privatisation of New Zealand’s prisons makes a mockery of the New Zealand Government’s recent commitment to its international human rights obligations, says Amnesty International. More >>
Privatisation Of Prisons A Blow To Human Rights
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 4:18 pm | Amnesty International
The privatisation of New Zealand’s prisons makes a mockery of the New Zealand Government’s recent commitment to its international human rights obligations, says Amnesty International. More >>
Proposed Fiji Media Law Threatens Journalists
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 9:44 am | Amnesty International
The Fijian government will be able to imprison journalists for up to five years, obliterating media freedom, if its Cabinet adopts a repressive draft Media Decree today, says Amnesty International. More >>
Myanmar must end repression of ethnic minorities
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 5:11 pm | Amnesty International
Myanmar’s government must halt its repression of ethnic minority activists before forthcoming national and local elections, Amnesty International warned in a major report released today. More >>
Fiji Govt Misrepresents Human Rights Record to UN
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 3:33 pm | Amnesty International
The Fiji Government has misrepresented its human rights record in a report to the United Nations, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Fiji Government Misrepresents Human Rights Record
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 1:21 pm | Amnesty International
The Fiji Government has misrepresented its human rights record in a report to the United Nations, Amnesty International said today. The government has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council ahead of a formal review of the state of the ... More >>
Papua New Guinea: Investigation must be impartial
Friday, 5 February 2010, 4:17 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today questioned the impartiality of a proposed police investigation into alleged forced evictions near the Porgera gold mine following media reports that the Police Commissioner dismissed allegations of police misconduct. More >>
Papua New Guinea: Police Violence Near Gold Mine
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 9:19 am | Amnesty International
The government of Papua New Guinea must investigate the conduct of police who burnt down homes and threatened people with guns while illegally evicting them from land next to one of the biggest gold mines in the country, Amnesty International said ... More >>
Rights At Risk In Yemen Amid Increased Security
Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 1:10 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today warned that the government’s heavy-handed response to the threat posed by al-Qa’ida puts Yemen at risk of being locked in a downward spiral on human rights. More >>
NZ-Fiji Re-Engagement Must Consider Human Rights
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 10:46 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand has renewed its call for the New Zealand Government to ensure human rights are included in any dialogue with Fiji. More >>
Fiji: Persecution of prominent human rights lawyer
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 10:15 am | Amnesty International
The Fiji government has started the new year with renewed attacks against people’s right to freedom of expression through threats, intimidation, discrimination, and the cynical use of the law as a tool of oppression. The persecution, under legal ... More >>
Human rights must be on agenda for Clinton visit
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 11:37 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for human rights to be a key agenda item during Hillary Clinton’s first visit to New Zealand as the United States of Americas’ Secretary of State. More >>
Open Letter To Fonterra Board, Management
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 3:53 pm | Amnesty International
Following Fonterra’s unsatisfactory response to the “Sanlu tainted milk scandal,” Amnesty International repeats its call for Fonterra to publicly condemn the recent executions of Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping and to seek assurances for the freedom, ... More >>
Kiwis Write for Rights this Human Rights Day
Friday, 4 December 2009, 12:56 pm | Amnesty International
New Zealanders are joining the global efforts of thousands of people next week putting pen to paper to speak out against human rights abuses. More >>
Amnesty International Human Rights Defender Award
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 2:27 pm | Amnesty International
Five people have been shortlisted for the inaugural Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand (AIANZ) Human Rights Defender Award. More >>
Govt & Fonterra must condemn "San Lu" executions
Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 11:55 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on both the New Zealand Government and Fonterra to condemn the executions of two people involved in the San Lu tainted milk powder scandal and to raise those concerns with China. Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping were ... More >>
Butterflies to paint a call for action
Friday, 20 November 2009, 12:28 pm | Amnesty International
A stunning transformation from human to butterfly will be unveiled at Butterfly Creek, Auckland, next Tuesday (24 November) at 11:15am, in a call for action against violence this White Ribbon Day. More >>
State-Sponsored Racially Discriminatory Measures
Friday, 20 November 2009, 12:15 pm | Amnesty International
Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions, disempowerment and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan warned that the government ... More >>
