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Fonterra/SanLu tragedy - need for rights in trade
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 10:21 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
The results from New Zealand's largest ever pre-election survey on human rights show that 63% of election candidates who have responded agree that human rights should be an integral part of New Zealand's preferential trade agreements. More >>
Amnesty Int Welcomes Candidates' Commitment
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:45 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Phil Goff, Labour candidate running for Mount Roskill, has asserted that the Labour Government’s concerns on the Fijian military coup, and the human rights violations which have occurred, have been strongly and consistently expressed through various ... More >>
Calls for human rights to be at heart of election
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 4:55 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
On the 115th anniversary of New Zealand becoming the first country in the world to give women the vote, Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand (AIANZ) has renewed its call for candidates to put human rights at the heart of the election debate. More >>
Taser decision made without adequate information
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 9:37 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International is disappointed that the "in principle" decision to introduce Tasers into New Zealand has occurred before a rigorous, independent and impartial inquiry which takes into account deaths caused following Taser use. More >>
Robert Fisk to guest as Amnesty's keynote speaker
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 5:01 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand (AIANZ) is delighted to host one of the world's most famous journalists as its keynote speaker during its 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights (UDHR) celebrations. More >>
NZOC, Govt must speak on China rights breaches
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 3:59 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International is calling on the New Zealand Olympic Committee and New Zealand representatives attending the Olympics to speak out about the increasing human rights abuses occurring in China. More >>
Student activists Ctrl Alt Del rights in China
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 1:18 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International New Zealand today launched its new-look campaigning website created specifically for student activists. The website allows students to take action as part of the Freedom Challenge, Amnesty's annual team challenge for New Zealand ... More >>
One month left to improve China's human rights
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 12:32 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
A month before the opening of the Olympics Amnesty International has today sent an open letter to Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, urging him to deliver on the promises made to improve the country's human rights. More >>
FTA Full of human rights promises, no substance
Friday, 6 June 2008, 10:20 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International has today made a second submission on the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Bill. This submission, requested following Amnesty's oral submissions before the Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade Select Committee on May ... More >>
Human rights diminished in NZ-China FTA
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 3:57 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with China further weakens already minimal labour rights obligations that exist in all other New Zealand trade agreements. More >>
Helen Clark urged to take lead on China
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 11:54 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International's latest reports on human rights abuses in China, released today, will give Helen Clark much to discuss when she raises human rights concerns during the signing of the Free Trade Agreement in Beijing on April 7th. More >>
Amnesty International welcomes Zaoui decision
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 4:19 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International has welcomed the decision announced today by the Director of Security to withdraw the security risk certificate against Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui, saying that it makes clear that a substantial threat to New Zealand's security ... More >>
John Lennon Comes to Cuba St for Amnesty Campaign
Monday, 9 July 2007, 10:06 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
On Cuba Street this Monday, graphic artists, graffiti artists and the general public will follow the likes of U2 and Green Day in making a contribution to Amnesty International's campaign against human rights abuses in Darfur. Their work will mark the launch of ... More >>
Zaoui Hearing Transparently Unfair
Monday, 9 July 2007, 9:42 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Ahmed Zaoui's right to a fair hearing is being seriously compromised by the secrecy shrouding his Security Risk Certificate review, which opens in Auckland tomorrow Monday, July 9. More >>
Dalai Lama leaves, Chinese wrongs remain
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:53 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
As the Dalai Lama's visit to New Zealand comes to an end, Amnesty International challenges the New Zealand government to demonstrate that it is making a genuine diplomatic effort to address the severe persecution of Tibetan people by the Chinese government. ... More >>
Amensty International Issues World Report
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 3:27 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Powerful governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights and to create an increasingly polarized and dangerous world, said Amnesty International today as it launched Amnesty International Report 2007, its annual ... More >>
Lebanon: AI holds Global Vigils to call CEASE FIRE
Monday, 7 August 2006, 12:19 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Thousands of Amnesty International members and supporters around the world are preparing to hold mass vigils calling for an immediate ceasefire and end to the killings of civilians in Lebanon and Israel in an unprecedented show of global solidarity with ... More >>
World Press Freedom Day – May 3rd
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 10:20 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
“On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, May 3rd, it is time to remember journalists working beneath some of the world’s more repressive regimes”, says Amnesty International New Zealand's Executive Director Ced Simpson. More >>
NZ Must Urge Human Rights Reforms
Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 5:20 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
The New Zealand Government must ask the visiting Chinese Delegation to make good on promises to improve China's human rights record, according to Amnesty International. More >>
NZ Urged To Join Campaign On Small Arms
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 8:14 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand has been urged to put its reputation for campaigning against weapons of mass destruction behind a campaign for better control of the small arms trade during the lead up to a crucial UN conference in June. More >>
