Tag: Amnesty International
Amnesty calls for caution in ending NZ’s Waikeria prison protest
By RNZ News
Amnesty International is calling on New Zealand's Corrections Minister to ensure force is not used to end the impasse at Waikeria Prison...
Uyghurs living abroad in NZ tell of China’s campaign of intimidation
Pacific Media Centre
Chinese authorities are systematically harassing Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups even after they have left the country, according to new testimonies...
West Papua internet restored after Wenda, Koman accused of ‘provocation’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Internet access in West Papua has been at least partially restored just days after Indonesian police accused human rights lawyer Veronica...
Indonesian police accused of torture in May postelection riots
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
Indonesia's National Police are facing increased pressure as investigations by human rights organisations have found alleged use of...
Thousands of NZers share messages of hope for Muslim whānau
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Thousands of New Zealanders have shared messages of hope and support for the Muslim whānau (community) in Christchurch and across the...
Amnesty welcomes school climate strikes, warns ‘truant’ governments
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Amnesty International today warned that the failure of governments to tackle climate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational human rights...
Plea to Jokowi: Free all Maluku and West Papuan political prisoners
OPINION: By Glenn Fredly in Jakarta
The remarks of renowned American philosopher John Dewey, "If you want to establish some conception of a society, go...
Amnesty demands Jokowi honour pledge on Papuan human rights
By Budiarti Utami Putri in Jakarta
Human rights organisation Amnesty International Indonesia has demanded President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo fulfil his promises to resolve the alleged...
Indonesia must step up focus on human rights, says Amnesty
By Sheany in Jakarta
With its official launch in the country set for today, Amnesty International Indonesia has emphasised the need for the government to...
Josef Benedict: Rohingya crisis is a moment of truth for ASEAN
ANALYSIS: By Josef Benedict
Today, we are watching history repeat itself in Southeast Asia in the worst possible way.
Once again, the Myanmar military has launched...
NZ protesters bring ‘human face’ to suffering of Manus, Nauru refugees
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Forty minutes of solidarity marked New Zealand’s stand with refugees imprisoned in Australia’s offshore detention centres across the Pacific today.
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Closure of Manus Island will leave refugees in ‘limbo’, says Amnesty
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Australia's offshore refugee detention centres in the Pacific are facing further controversy as the gradual closure and demolition of the...
Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ killings spark row during NZ human rights...
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" has sparked further controversy in New Zealand at a public seminar delivered by...
Amnesty challenges Australian claim over shooting on Manus Island
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Digital verification of images and videos establish that bullets were fired directly into the Manus refugee centre last month, putting...
Amnesty blasts foreign companies over ‘profiting’ from Nauru refugees abuse
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Foreign companies are profiting off human rights abuses carried out at the Australian offshore refugee processing centre on Nauru, Amnesty...
Drop ‘politically-motivated’ sedition case against Fiji Times, says AI
The Fijian authorities must immediately drop politically-motivated sedition charges against The Fiji Times newspaper group, says Amnesty International.
“By charging The Fiji Times with sedition,...
Trump, Duterte and other ‘toxic’ leaders blamed for undermining human rights
Amnesty International video and release of its Annual Report on the State of the World’s Human Rights.
Toxic fear mongering by anti-establishment politicians, among them...
‘Beaten and left in cell screaming in pain’ – Amnesty alleges...
By Tevita Vuibau in Suva
It has been more than eight years since Nimilote Baleiloa saw the body of his late son Josefa Baleiloa in...
Security services set to end for Pacific detention centres
Wilson Security has confirmed that it will not renew its contract for its security service in the controversial Papua New Guinea and Nauru detention...
Australia condemned by rights groups for ‘deliberately ignoring’ refugee abuse
Australia is deliberately ignoring the inhumane treatment of refugees held on the South Pacific island of Nauru as a means of deterring others from...
Amnesty International protests over ‘disgraceful shootings’ of PNG students
The shooting of students peacefully protesting in Port Moresby yesterday is a disgraceful attack on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression,...
Timor-Leste human rights protesters harassed over peaceful Jokowi demo
From Amnesty International
Two members of Timor-Leste’s security forces visited the office of the human rights NGO Yayasan HAK this week and the police have...