COVID-19: Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine a boost for global access, but huge inequality remains
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to news that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca has shown 70% effectiveness in clinical trials, potentially...
Bangladesh: Plan to relocate hundreds of Rohingya to remote island must be dropped
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The Bangladeshi authorities must abandon plans to relocate more than 100 Rohingya families to a remote island in the Bay of...
Middle Earth actress launches Amnesty International’s human rights campaign
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign is here again and this year it has kicked off in true Kiwi style...
COVID-19: Moderna must fulfil its promise to share technology to ensure COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the announcement that US biotech company Moderna says its new vaccine is 94.5 percent effective against COVID-19, Stephen Cockburn,...
Solomon Islands: Total Facebook ban over criticism of government is brazen attack on freedom...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the Solomon Islands government’s plan to ban Facebook because of the posting of alleged abusive or defamatory comments against...
China: Disqualification of Hong Kong lawmakers deals another blow to rule of law
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the disqualification of four opposition members of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) on “national security” grounds, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific...
Myanmar: Kirin suspends payments to military company
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The Japanese brewing company Kirin today announced that it has suspended all dividend payments to Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL), Kirin’s business partner...
Refugees Welcome football jersey goes global in FIFA 2021 game
Source: Amnesty International NZ
In EA’s FIFA 2021 updated game, the best-selling football jersey from Irish club Bohemian FC has gone global, in partnership with...
GLOBAL: Wealthy countries already hoarding breakthrough vaccines
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the announcement by Pfizer-BioNTech that the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing has been found to be effective in 90...
USA: United Nations Review will bring human rights abuses there to light
Source: Amnesty International NZ
As the United States’ human rights record is examined under the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review during a...
Joint Statement: Passage of California’s Prop 22 is a devastating blow to the rights...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are deeply concerned that the passage of Proposition 22, a ballot initiative in California, will...
Belarus: More than 1,000 people arrested in a single day of peaceful protests amid...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the arrest of more than 1,000 people in a single day of peaceful protest in Minsk and other Belarusian...
