Tag: Human Rights Day
Violence against children in Fiji costs nation $460m, says Unicef study
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva
Violence against children in Fiji is estimated to have cost the country F$460 million, or more than 4 percent of...
Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day
Amnesty International
Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International Australia have condemned the repression used against the people in West Papua when they were commemorating Human...
Rights group records 40 violations in Papua in 2020 – cases...
By Nicholas Ryan Aditya in Jakarta
Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found 40 incidents of human rights violations in...
Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues
How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Hundreds of workers from the Confederation...
Robredo slams extrajudicial killings, online trolls in Rights Day message
By Mara Cepeda in Manila
On the eve of Human Rights Day, Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo called on Filipinos to stand up against all forms...