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Director of Amnesty International Turkey must be released
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 2:20 pm | Amnesty International
Responding to the news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, was detained on Wednesday along with seven other human rights defenders and two trainers during a digital security and information management workshop in Büyükada, Istanbul, ... More >>
Congress Must Step in and Stop Muslim Ban
Tuesday, 27 June 2017, 10:31 am | Amnesty International
Following the Supreme Court’s announcement that it will hear arguments on President Trump’s discriminatory Muslim ban and allow the order to take effect in part in the meantime, Margaret Huang, Amnesty International USA executive director, released ... More >>
‘Give a Home’: Massive global concert series
Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 8:38 am | Amnesty International
1,000 musicians to play at Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds events globally in September More >>
Myanmar Ethnic Minorities Face Range of Violations
Thursday, 15 June 2017, 10:42 am | Amnesty International
Civilians from minority ethnic groups suffer appalling violations and abuses, including war crimes, at the hands of Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed groups in the country’s Kachin and northern Shan states, Amnesty International said today in a new report ... More >>
Compensation deal must be turning point
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 4:20 pm | Amnesty International
In response to the news that the Australian Government and companies have come to a settlement agreement with the refugees and people seeking asylum forcibly sent to and detained on Manus Island, Kate Schuetze, Pacific Researcher at Amnesty International ... More >>
UN requires NZ Government to fully investigate Afghan raid
Friday, 9 June 2017, 12:06 pm | Amnesty International
The United Nations Committee Against Torture has asked the New Zealand Government to report on what measures it has put in place in order to fully investigate the allegations relating to Operation Burnham in Afghanistan in 2010. During this Operation ... More >>
Leaders must take a stand against Philippines bloodshed
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 9:49 am | Amnesty International
With mounting evidence of government involvement in thousands of extrajudicial executions in Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’, Amnesty International is calling on regional leaders to take a stand against possible crimes against humanity ... More >>
Death penalty in decline worldwide
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 5:33 pm | Amnesty International
Death penalty in decline worldwide, but a small number of countries still execute on a large scale More >>
Government can’t rely on ISAF report into civilian casulties
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 10:46 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Grant Bayldon says the New Zealand Government must act now to swiftly launch an independent inquiry into allegations of civilian deaths in Afghanistan. More >>
USA: Trump’s revised travel ban will stir hatred & division
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 11:52 am | Amnesty International
In response to President Trump’s new Order to reinstate the suspension of the USA’s refugee resettlement programme and establish a temporary travel ban on people from six majority-Muslim countries, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary ... More >>
The State of the World’s Human Rights 2016/17
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 4:40 pm | Amnesty International
Today Amnesty International releases its yearly report, The State of the World’s Human Rights, which delivers a comprehensive analysis of human rights across 159 countries, including New Zealand. The global picture highlights politicians wielding ... More >>
Report 2016/17: The State of the World’s Human Rights
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 1:24 pm | Amnesty International
Today Amnesty International releases its yearly report, The State of the World’s Human Rights, whichdelivers a comprehensive analysis of human rights across 159 countries, including New Zealand. The global picture highlights politicians wielding a toxic, ... More >>
Resumption of Dakota Access Pipeline Violates Rights
Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 2:25 pm | Amnesty International
Following an announcement that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted an easement to allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to be completed, Eric Ferrero of Amnesty International USA made the following statement. More >>
Syria: mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya Prison
Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 2:17 pm | Amnesty International
A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass hangings at Saydnaya Prison. Between 2011 and 2015, every week and often twice a week, groups of up to 50 people ... More >>
Philippines: The police’s murderous war on the poor
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 12:54 pm | Amnesty International
Acting on instructions from the very top of government, the Philippines police have killed and paid others to kill thousands of alleged drug offenders in a wave of extrajudicial executions that may amount to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said ... More >>
Missed opportunity to be on the right side of history
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 3:48 pm | Amnesty International
Today New Zealand Parliamentarians from the cross-party Human Rights Parliamentary Network introduced a motion during Question Time calling on the Australian Government to support refugees seeking protection. Unfortunately, members of the National Party ... More >>
Palm Oil: Global brands profiting from child & forced labour
Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 2:07 pm | Amnesty International
The world’s most popular food and household companies are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions, said ... More >>
Australian Government’s lifetime ban proposal is callous
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 10:22 am | Amnesty International
The Australian Government continues to punish and discriminate against people seeking asylum for the way they travel to Australia, with its proposed lifetime ban on people entering the country if they arrive by boat. More >>
Snapchat, Skype among apps not protecting users’ privacy
Friday, 21 October 2016, 1:48 pm | Amnesty International
Facebook/WhatsApp, Apple top privacy ranking of messaging apps Only 3 of 11 tech firms examined provide end-to-end encryption by default on all their messaging apps. More >>
Kiwis want PM John Key to speak out on abuses in Australia
Tuesday, 18 October 2016, 11:54 am | Amnesty International
Today Amnesty International has released new research conducted by UMR on the attitudes of New Zealanders towards the human rights abuses happening to people held by the Australian Government in offshore detention centres. The results show that Kiwis ... More >>
