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Azerbaijan Prisoner Of Conscience Gets 8 More Yrs
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:11 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International believes Eynulla Fetullayev to be a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely to silence his independent and critical reporting, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release. More >>
Burma: UN Must Focus On Concrete Action
Friday, 12 October 2007, 11:05 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes today's statement from the Security Council on Myanmar which "strongly deplores" the use of violence against peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar. More >>
PM & Amnesty Int. Launch Death Penalty-Free World!
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 11:51 am | Amnesty International
Today on the 'World Day against the Death Penalty' the New Zealand Government and Amnesty International are launching a new international initiative to create a global moratorium on the death penalty. More >>
A Death Penalty-Free World!
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 11:32 am | Amnesty International
Today on the 'World Day against the Death Penalty' the New Zealand Government and Amnesty International are launching a new international initiative to create a global moratorium on the death penalty. More >>
SATURDAY 6TH OCT - Global Day of Action for Burma
Friday, 5 October 2007, 8:27 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International activists are participating in the 'Global Day of Action for Burma' events all around the world, this Saturday 6th October 2007. More >>
NZ Govt should enlist support of ASEAN countries
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 11:01 am | Amnesty International
The United Nations Security Council must immediately send a mission to Myanmar, said Irene Khan, Amnesty International's Secretary General. More >>
Amnestys on Returning Christian Converts To Iran
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 10:05 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International opposes the return of proven Christian converts to Iran as any such return would be unsafe. More >>
Kiwis artists make a noise for freedom
Monday, 30 July 2007, 2:56 pm | Amnesty International
This week, Kiwi artists and other well-known New Zealanders are joining Amnesty members in raising their voices for justice and freedom at Amnesty International Freedom Week events up and down the country. More >>
Appeal will help promote human rights reform
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 11:11 am | Amnesty International
When New Zealanders dig into their pockets, or pick up the phone to make a Freedom Week donation next week they'll be helping Amnesty members protect people in desperate need in China and around the world. Local Amnesty groups are organising Freedom Week ... More >>
SIS Meets With Chinese Defector
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 9:17 am | Amnesty International
On Friday 20th July, the former Chinese diplomat Yonglin Chen met with officials from the New Zealand Security and Intelligence Service (SIS) to discuss Chen's allegations of a New Zealand kidnapping by the Chinese government. More >>
"Human Rights are Not For Sale"
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 1:14 pm | Amnesty International
Today a march and rally were held in Wellington to speak out against human rights abuses in China. The event, organised by Amnesty International, the Green Party, Friends of Tibet and Falun Gong, also urged the New Zealand government to take a ... More >>
Rally Highlights Chinese Abuses
Tuesday, 17 July 2007, 3:05 pm | Amnesty International
Recent revelations about health and labour problems in China are likely to be followed by similar reports in the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Putting The Boot Into Internet Repression
Sunday, 17 June 2007, 8:08 pm | Amnesty International
In early August 2007, Amnesty International's student activists will combat internet repression as part of this year's "Freedom Challenge," Amnesty International's annual student action week. More >>
Human rights groups name "disappeared" detainees
Saturday, 9 June 2007, 1:46 pm | Amnesty International
(London and New York 7 June 2007) -- In the most comprehensive accounting to date, six leading human rights organizations today published the names and details of 39 people who are believed to have been held in secret US custody and whose current ... More >>
Stony Silence from Chinese Embassy
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 12:47 am | Amnesty International
The Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand is indifferent to New Zealand's concerns about Chinese human rights abuses. That is the impression he gave yesterday when Amnesty International presented its "Lion Declaration" to a locked Embassy, ending its launch ... More >>
Amnesty Lion Roars into Chinese Embassy
Monday, 4 June 2007, 10:38 am | Amnesty International
At the Chinese Embassy on Tuesday 5th June, a day suitably close to the anniversary of the June 4th 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Amnesty International will end its "Lion Declaration" tour. The tour launches Amnesty International's global ... More >>
Amnesty Int. Human Rights: Not Made in China?
Friday, 4 May 2007, 8:40 am | Amnesty International
The Amnesty International nation-wide tour, featuring a Chinese 'Lion Declaration', continues its launch of the 'Human Rights Reform in China' global campaign to halt appalling human rights violations occurring on a massive scale in China. Recent events ... More >>
Making A Song And Dance For Freedom
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 9:37 am | Amnesty International
Making a Song and Dance About Freedom is an International Music and Dance Extravaganza being held to raise funds for Amnesty International in order to support their work in campaigning against human rights violations around the globe. More >>
Dunedin City Council Rebuffs Amnesty International
Friday, 13 April 2007, 12:57 am | Amnesty International
New Zealand City Councils can not turn a blind eye to human rights issues in China said Amnesty International after Dunedin City Mayor Peter Chin refused to meet an Amnesty International delegation. More >>
"Human Rights: Not Made in China"
Monday, 9 April 2007, 2:58 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International will launch its new campaign for "Human Rights Reform in China" on the 10th of April with a nation-wide 'Lion Declaration' tour, which aims to increase public awareness about human rights abuses occurring in the People's Republic of ... More >>
