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Amnesty Int'l: Harassment of Gov't Critics in Fiji
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 12:21 pm | Amnesty International
The arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Fiji-born Australian academic Professor Brij Lal by the Fijian military on 4 November 2009 is the latest example of the ongoing crackdown against any criticism of the regime and peaceful opposition activities. ... More >>
Launching Amnesty International Media Network
Friday, 6 November 2009, 2:54 pm | Amnesty International
Writing a critical article about the New Zealand Government would not result in the delivery of death threats to your home. Nor would writing a blog post about organising a peaceful protest find your car riddled with bullets. More >>
Indonesian Political Activist Faces Death Threats
Monday, 2 November 2009, 9:38 am | Amnesty International
An Indonesian political activist has received a number of anonymous SMS messages warning him that he will be killed if he leaves his home, Amnesty International has learned. Yoab Syatfle, a political activist in the Indonesian province of West Papua, ... More >>
Celebrate a NZ or Pacific Human Rights Defender
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 4:35 pm | Amnesty International
As New Zealand prepares to welcome human rights defender Rebiya Kadeer, Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand (AIANZ) has announced it will recognise a human rights defender of its own by presenting its inaugurual Human Rights Defender Award. In the lead-up ... More >>
Visit Highlights Amnesty's Concerns for Uighurs
Monday, 5 October 2009, 1:35 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International Aotearoa NZ welcomes the Green Party’s announcement that Rebiya Kadeer will visit New Zealand next week. Kadeer will visit both Auckland and Wellington where she will meet with Members of Parliament and hold two public meetings. ... More >>
Human Rights Violations In Fiji - Amnesty Report
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 9:52 am | Amnesty International
The deteriorating human rights situation in Fiji after the military crackdown, which began in April 2009, demands international action, particularly from China, now one of Fiji’s biggest foreign donors, Amnesty International said in a report released ... More >>
Commonwealth Suspension underlines human rights
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 4:36 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls on the international community to continue applying pressure on the military-led government in Fiji following today’s suspension of the country from the Commonwealth. “The grounds on which the suspension was made reiterate ... More >>
No justice ten years after independence
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 12:53 pm | Amnesty International
The UN Security Council should establish an International Criminal tribunal with jurisdiction over all grave human rights violations surrounding Timor-Leste’s 1999 independence referendum and in the previous 24 years of Indonesian occupation, said ... More >>
No progress by police investigation into killing
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 4:16 pm | Amnesty International
The failure to resolve the killing of Papuan protester Opinus Tabuni, one year after the incident, highlights the continued lack of accountability in cases involving the lethal use of firearms by law enforcement officials. More >>
Outcome of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's trial "shameful"
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 4:14 pm | Amnesty International
Today's guilty verdict against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by a court in Myanmar has been described by Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan as "shameful". More >>
SAS redeployment must comply with human rights law
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 2:34 pm | Amnesty International
Following the Government's decision on Monday to redeploy New Zealand Special Air Services (SAS) to Afghanistan, Amnesty International is again calling for assurances that the New Zealand SAS will comply with international humanitarian law and human ... More >>
Pacific leaders must address violence
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 2:00 pm | Amnesty International
Pacific countries will only fully achieve the development goals discussed at this week's Pacific Island Forum Leaders' meeting if they address one of the gravest human rights violations in the region – violence against women, Amnesty International ... More >>
Winter Fundraising in Speedos
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 11:36 am | Amnesty International
Raising funds for Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand (AIANZ) comes with a twist this year, as the organisation’s Fundraising Manager collects for Amnesty in nothing but his Speedos and gumboots in central Auckland tomorrow. As part of ... More >>
Funkin’ for Freedom in West Auckland
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:01 am | Amnesty International
New Zealanders impassioned by human rights have taken freedom into their own hands this August for Freedom Week, Amnesty International’s annual fundraising and awareness drive. More >>
Animals protest for human rights in Auckland City
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 2:39 pm | Amnesty International
A faction of cute, furry and concerned farm animals are breaking ranks with the herd to protest in the city this Thursday about rising human rights abuses and the need to protect the human. More >>
Harmonising laws will help to address violence
Saturday, 25 July 2009, 1:42 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes today's announcement by the Federal and NSW governments of a joint examination of ways to harmonise domestic violence and family law. More >>
China Must Investigate 156 Deaths
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 12:38 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Urumqi to immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into reports that 156 people were killed when a protest turned violent late on Sunday. More >>
Israel/Gaza: 22 Days of Death and Destruction
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:44 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has condemned the unprecedented scale and intensity of attacks on Gaza earlier this year, as it launches the first comprehensive report to be published on the 22-day conflict. More >>
Pollution in Niger Delta: A human rights tragedy
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:50 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling the situation in the Niger Delta a "human rights tragedy," as it releases its ground-breaking report, Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta. More >>
Indonesia: Culture Of Police Abuse And Impunity
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 2:04 pm | Amnesty International
Abuse carried out by Indonesian police against criminal suspects and poor and marginalised communities such as repeat offenders, drug users, and sex workers, is widespread in the country’s police force according to the findings of an Amnesty International ... More >>
