Tag: UN Human Rights Council
Protesters picket Rakon offices and demand NZ halt Israel-bound sales
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestine protesters picketed the offices of Auckland-based electronics manufacturer Rakon today, accusing it of exporting military-capable products for Israel, which is under...
Thousands march across NZ demanding climate crisis action
Asia Pacific Report
From Whangārei in the north to Invercargill in the south, thousands took to the streets of Aotearoa New Zealand in today's climate...
Crackdown on activists, free expression in Papua as Indonesia eyes UN...
Asia Pacific Report
The state of civic space in Indonesia has been rated as "obstructed" in the latest CIVICUS Monitor report.
The civic space watchdog said...
Papuan solidarity group criticises NZ for ‘weak’ concern over Indonesian human...
Asia Pacific Report
The solidarity group West Papua Action Aotearoa has criticised New Zealand for not "being stronger" over growing global concern about Indonesian...
UNHRC adopts resolution to help Marshall Islands over nuclear legacy
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution aimed at assisting the Marshall Islands to get justice in the aftermath of...
West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war...
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney
To cover up the humiliating defeat for the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, the Anglo-American media is...
ULMWP calls for suspension of Indonesia from UN rights council over...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to immediately suspend Indonesia from the UN...
Papua support group praises Meg Taylor for UN rights statement
Asia Pacific Report
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has called on the Australian government to stop trying to keep Papua off the agenda at...
‘Walk the talk’ human rights warning from Fiji NGO over UN...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Fiji's NGO Coalition on Human Rights has called for stronger accountability and commitment to human rights at home in response to...
Gaza under siege – but Palestinians ‘will never give up’, says...
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Palestinian author and a journalist Dr Ramzy Baroud vowed today that Palestinians would never be defeated by the Israelis and...
Uncle Shane on Australia’s shame: ‘We’re the vulnerable ones, the...
SPECIAL REPORT: It was early November 2016. As I waited for Laura Lyons from Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR), a tall, thin, old-looking man with...
Seven Pacific states blast Indonesia for human rights violations in West...
A Vanuatu cabinet minister has delivered a stinging condemnation of Indonesia over the "grave situation" on human rights violations in West Papua.
Ronald K Warsal,...