COVID-19 hits those shackled by oppression hardest thanks to decades of inequalities, neglect and...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Pandemic lays bare massive systemic inequality worldwide with ethnic minorities, health workers, and women among the most severely impacted
Report finds COVID-19...
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...
Afghanistan: Appointment of Special Rapporteur an important first step towards robust UN oversight of...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to today’s resolution by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) establishing a Special Rapporteur to monitor and report on the...
South Africa: Continued violence, looting, destruction of property and loss of lives fuelled by...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The ongoing deadly unrest tearing through parts of South Africa has been fuelled by criminal justice failures and years of impunity...
Belarus: Police must be held accountable for violence
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Amnesty International calls on the Belarusian authorities to immediately end police violence and to investigate the gross human rights violations committed...
To people of refugee background living in Aotearoa…
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Following the shocking terror attack on Friday we must stand alongside each other, with aroha, respect and compassion.
We would like to acknowledge the victims of Friday’s attack and their whānau as they find their...
AIRBNB LISTING: COMPANY IS ‘DEEPLY COMPROMISED’ BY ISRAELI SETTLEMENT PROPERTIES
Source: Amnesty International NZ
As Airbnb prepares to go public in a multi-billion-dollar Initial Public Offering (IPO) it must withdraw listings of rental properties built...
End to protest at Waikeria good but action is needed now
Source: Amnesty International NZ
UPDATE:
Following the surrender of protesters at Waikeria Prison, Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand is calling on the Minister for Corrections to...
Report confirms systemic failure in our places of detention
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The below can be attributed to Amnesty International Executive Director Meg de Ronde in relation to the Human Rights Commission report...
Afghanistan: Survivors of gender-based violence abandoned following Taliban takeover – new research
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Essential services for women and girl survivors of gender-based violence in Afghanistan have been decimated following the Taliban’s takeover of the...
UK: Older people in care homes abandoned to die amid government failures during COVID-19...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Key failings included decisions to discharge thousands of untested hospital patients into care homes and imposition of blanket DNARs
Care home managers...
Philippines: UN resolution a missed chance for justice but scrutiny continues
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The resolution on the Philippines adopted by the UN Human Rights Council today is a missed opportunity to seek justice for thousands of unlawful...
