Afghanistan: Suppression of protests at odds with Taliban’s claims on human rights
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to widespread reports that the Taliban are using unlawful force against peaceful protesters and journalists at gatherings across Afghanistan, including...
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...
42 groups and respected experts call on PM to back a ‘Peoples’ Vaccine’
Source: Amnesty International NZ
42 different groups and noted experts, including Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Council of Trade Unions, the New Zealand Public...
STATE DEPARTMENT ACCUSATIONS OF ANTISEMITISM AGAINST AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ARE BASELESS AND AN AFFRONT TO...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to reports that the United States Department of State, under Secretary Pompeo’s initiative, may categorize several non-governmental organizations as antisemitic...
Indonesia: Proposed Papua gold mine is ‘recipe for disaster’
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Unlawful killings, buildup of security forces in vicinity of a planned gold mine concession
Authorities restrict daily life of Indigenous Papuans, including...
COP26: Leaders’ catastrophic failure on climate shows they have forgotten who they should serve...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Leaders have catastrophically betrayed humanity at large by failing to protect people most affected by the climate crisis and instead caving...
Joint calls for overhaul of OIA
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The Child Poverty Action Group, Greenpeace, Forest and Bird, JustSpeak, New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties and Amnesty International are calling...
Almost 20-thousand strong petition handed to Iranian Embassy in Wellington
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Amnesty International is handing over 19,300 signatures to the Iranian Embassy in Wellington tomorrow morning (from 8.45am).
The signatures are across three petitions focusing on the rights of...
Covid-19: G20 leaders must not repeat their failure over equal access to vaccines
Source: Amnesty International NZ
G20 leaders meeting in Rome must put aside greed and selfishness and ensure the fair global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, said...
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...
Amnesty International India halts its work on upholding human rights in India due to...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to Amnesty International India’s bank accounts being frozen by the Enforcement Directorate, an investigative agency of the Government in India,...
Bangladesh: Halt relocation of Rohingya refugees to remote island
Source: Amnesty International NZ
In response to the relocation of hundreds of Rohingya refugees to the Bhashan Char, a remote island in the Bay of...
