Indonesia: Immediately release Papuan students charged with treason
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Eight Papuan students who have been detained and charged with treason by police for peacefully expressing their political opinions on 1...
Belarus: NGOs call on UN Human Rights Council to convene extraordinary session
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The UN Human Rights Council must urgently convene a special session to address the human rights crisis in Belarus, where authorities...
INDONESIA: HUNDREDS OF ROHINGYA NEED URGENT RESCUE NEAR ACEH WATERS
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to reports that a boat carrying around 250 Rohingya refugees was sighted near Indonesian waters, off Aceh, Amnesty International Indonesia’s...
New Amnesty International Youth Award given to trafficking documentary
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The first winners for Amnesty International’s Gary Ware Legacy Award were announced this evening on Human Rights Day as a nod to...
China: Parents of missing Uyghur children describe horror of family separation
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The exiled families of Uyghur children held in state “orphanages” in the Chinese region of Xinjiang described the torment of being...
Oranga Tamariki footage could amount to excessive use of force
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The below can be attributed to Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand regarding an incident captured on video at an Oranga Tamariki...
China: UN must act on Xinjiang atrocities after petition shows mass global outrage
Source: Amnesty International NZ
More than 323,000 people worldwide sign Amnesty International’s ‘Free Xinjiang Detainees’ petition
Open letter urges UN to investigate human rights violations against...
Australia accepts NZ offer to resettle refugees
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Amnesty International today welcomes the news that survivors of indefinite detention in the Pacific region will soon become Kiwis. Nine years...
Twitter still failing women over online violence and abuse
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Twitter is still not doing enough to protect women from online violence and abuse, despite repeated promises to do so, new...
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...
GLOBAL: Ban dangerous facial recognition technology that amplifies racist policing
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Amnesty International today launches a global campaign to ban the use of facial recognition systems, a form of mass surveillance that...
Govt decision will help make vaccines more accessible to those who need it the...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Aotearoa New Zealand is the latest country to support the proposal for a TRIPS waiver to COVID-19 vaccines, following in the...
