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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 2:52 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release 22 November 2011 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Solomon Islands and a human rights defender in Guatemala will be the focus ... More >>

Shell Must Pay US$1 Billion To Start Clean Up of Niger Delta

Friday, 11 November 2011, 12:49 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Amnesty International media release 10 November 2011 Shell must commit to pay an initial US$1 billion to begin the clean-up of pollution caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta, Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and ... More >>

Help the Pacific rise above the Death Penalty

Monday, 10 October 2011, 11:03 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty and Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand is calling on the people of this country to step up and help the Pacific rise against the death penalty. More >>

Afghanistan Ten Years On: Slow Progress and Failed Promises

Friday, 7 October 2011, 12:25 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

07 October 2011 Ten years after a US-led military invasion removed the Taleban from government in Afghanistan, Amnesty International says the Afghan government and its international supporters have failed to keep many of the promises they made to the ... More >>

Fiji Govt Must Repeal Decree and Return Workers' Rights

Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:06 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

16 September 2011 Amnesty International is calling on the government of Fiji to repeal a decree that drastically restricts workers’ rights by virtually outlawing trade union activities. The “Essential National Industries (Employment) Decree” ... More >>

Women's Rights and Advocacy in the Pacific

Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 2:07 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Leading women’s rights experts met today to discuss the endemic issue of sexual and gender-based violence in the Pacific, voicing the pressing need for Pacific leaders to champion women’s rights by taking action. More >>

Stand in solidarity with the women of the Pacific

Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 9:35 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Amnesty International is co-ordinating a series of vigils to greet Pacific Island leaders as they arrive at key Pacific Island Forum events, and also highlight our concerns about the widespread and systematic incidence of Sexual and Gender-Based ... More >>

Pacific leaders: Change the lights on women’s rights

Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 2:48 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

On 6 September 2011, Amnesty International’s Chief Executive, Patrick Holmes, will hold a press conference in Auckland, New Zealand to launch a new report on Sexual and Gender based violence in the Solomon Islands, ‘Where is the Dignity in That?’ ... More >>

Images: Celebs, Politicians at Film for Burmese Comedian

Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 5:04 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Celebrities, politicians, kiwis and former Burmese political prisoners unite for the screening of ‘This Prison Where I Live’ by Academy Award Winning Comedian Rex Bloomstein about the imprisonment of Burmese comedian Zarganar. Over 500 postcards ... More >>

Amnesty report reveals Pacific struggling against oppression

Friday, 13 May 2011, 11:47 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

As the world's attention focuses on the human rights revolution sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa, Amnesty International's latest report reveals Pacific people are facing the same struggle against oppression, tyranny and corruption. More >>

Pacific struggles against oppression & corruption - Amnesty

Friday, 13 May 2011, 11:33 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

As the world’s attention focuses on the human rights revolution sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa, Amnesty International’s latest report reveals Pacific people are facing the same struggle against oppression, tyranny and corruption. More >>

Amnesty Report Reveals NZ's Human Rights Record Eroding

Friday, 13 May 2011, 11:13 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

As the global human rights revolution stands at the threshold of historic change, New Zealand's own record is being eroded as the Government fails to address the country's most pressing human rights issues, says Amnesty International as it launches its ... More >>

Demand investigation into NZ Govt's complicity in torture

Friday, 6 May 2011, 9:31 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

If New Zealand’s soldiers were being tortured, we would be outraged. We would demand it stop and that those responsible be held to account. And we must demand the same for those our forces are fighting against. More >>

Amnesty's Human Rights Defender Award to be Announced

Monday, 6 December 2010, 3:02 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand (AIANZ) will be announcing the recipient of its annual Human Rights Defender Award at a reception in Auckland on International Human Rights Day, 10 December. Now in its second year running, the Human Rights Defender ... More >>

Fijian lawyer nominated for Human Rights Defender Award

Thursday, 2 December 2010, 5:01 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Prominent Fijian human rights lawyer Imrana Jalal has been nominated for Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s annual Human Rights Defender Award. Now in its second year running, the Human Rights Defender Award celebrates the achievement ... More >>