How to keep your communications safe in 2020
Source: Amnesty International NZ
From sophisticated spyware attacks to mass phishing via smartphones and the rise of facial recognition technology, the range and reach of...
2020 could be Shell’s year of reckoning
Source: Amnesty International NZ
In 2020 Shell will face unprecedented legal scrutiny over decades of human rights abuses in Nigeria, Amnesty International said today, as...
100 days on, 12 Hong Kong youths detained in China must have their rights...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
A dozen young Hongkongers held incommunicado by the Chinese authorities since they were intercepted while leaving Hong Kong by speedboat must...
Philippines: Landmark ICC investigation into Duterte’s murderous “war on drugs”
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that she is formally seeking an investigation into the Philippine government’s...
Submission to the Justice Committee on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill 2021
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Amnesty International is a global movement of over 10 million people who protect human dignity and defend human rights. In Aotearoa...
Hong Kong: National security arrests over social media posts violate freedom of expression
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the disqualification of 12 pro-democracy candidates from running in Hong Kong’s upcoming Legislative Council elections, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s...
Malaysia: PM’s resignation must restore respect for freedom of expression and assembly
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The resignation of Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin follows months of political turmoil, economic hardship and a dramatic deterioration in human...
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...
Syria: Repatriate at least 27,000 children held in dire conditions in north-east Syria
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Tens of thousands of children have been arbitrarily deprived of their liberty and exposed to life-threatening and inhumane conditions in al-Hol,...
USA: New Amnesty International report details ongoing human rights violations at Guantánamo Bay detention...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Amnesty International has released a new report highlighting ongoing and historic human rights violations at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, as detentions there...
New Zealand’s treatment of asylum seekers under Ministerial spotlight
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Right now, people seeking asylum can be detained in criminal justice facilities, this practice is contrary to international human rights standards and...
Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity
Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing...
