Myanmar: Evidence police deployed sub-machine guns against peaceful protesters, despite denials
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Footage shows moment 19-year old woman shot in head by police
Images show a police officer wielding Myanmar-made Uzi variant
A young woman...
Saudi Arabia: Release of women’s rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul long overdue
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the news that the Saudi Arabian human rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul was released from prison earlier today, Amnesty International’s...
India: Government must stop crushing farmers’ protests and demonizing dissenters
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The Indian government must immediately stop its escalating crackdown on protesters, farming leaders and journalists, amid ongoing nationwide demonstrations against three...
Hong Kong: New national security guidelines on schools further stifle freedom of expression on...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to Hong Kong’s Education Bureau (EDB) announcing its new guidelines and curriculum in relation to safeguarding national security, Amnesty international...
Constitutional transformation needed to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Source: Human Rights Commission
Constitutional transformation is required to enable the full implementation of Te Tiriti across Aotearoa says the Human Rights Commission.
The call was made by all...
Russia: Aleksei Navalny given prison term while mass detention of his supporters leads to...
Source: Amnesty International NZ
A court in Moscow has sentenced opposition activist and Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny to two years and eight months in prison,...
Myanmar: UN Security Council must act urgently, hold military accountable
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Ahead of the UN Security Council’s emergency closed meeting on Myanmar today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director of Advocacy Sherine Tadros said:
“What we are witnessing...
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, others arrested as military coup underway
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the arrest of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and others amid reports that a military coup is underway...
Myanmar: Security situation
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
Myanmar: Security situation
New Zealand is monitoring recent developments in Myanmar closely.
The Myanmar Military have...
Excluding workers from accessing sick leave is discriminatory
Source: Human Rights Commission
The Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner says the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill is exclusionary in its current form and can...
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...
North Macedonia (Republic of North Macedonia)
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
North Macedonia (Republic of North Macedonia)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is...
