Meg De Ronde

The new Government has signalled it wants to change the inner workings of the Human Rights Commission.

On Thursday, the Justice Minister, Paul Goldsmith, refused to express confidence in the… Audio

Amnesty International is a longtime critic of Australia's treatment of refugees.

It has described the treatment of asylum seekers in detention centres as abbhorrent and amounting to torture.

New… Audio

New Zealanders are putting their hands up to help settle refugees, through a new community sponsorship scheme that's on top of the Government quota.

Amnesty International is a strong supporter of the… Audio

Checkpoint can reveal multiple investigations are underway into allegations of sexual assaults at Waikeria Prison and claims a Corrections Officer failed to report serious complaints from inmates.

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The government has ordered a review of how asylum seekers are treated when they arrive in New Zealand and whether it meets its human rights obligations.

The move is being hailed as a breakthrough by… Audio

Amnesty International is accusing Chinese authorities of creating a "dystopian hellscape" - over the repression of Uyghur Muslims in north-western province of Xinjiang. The group says it amounts to… Audio

Amnesty International is accusing the New Zealand government of violating the human rights of some asylum seekers by detaining them alongside criminals - often for months or even years.

A report… Audio

Amnesty International is urging the Minister of Corrections to order an urgent and independent review of New Zealand prisons.

Kelvin Davis met with Amnesty yesterday to hear demands for a review in… Audio

Amnesty International says the treatment of a woman at Auckland Region Women's Prison could be considered psychological torture. 
 
Prisoner Mihi Bassett was left for four months "in the pound" in… Audio

New Zealand's largest women's prison has a punitive culture where staff are too quick to resort to using force and women are not getting proper health care, according to an internal Corrections… Audio

Top level government advice to oppose bail for prisoners on the grounds they may have Covid-19 is unlawful and turns prisons into quarantine facilities, according to leading defence lawyers.

The… Audio

Today more than 30 organisations signed an open letter which was sent to politicians showing support for abortion law reform.  Audio

Amnesty International says it's outrageous the government will allow for only five days of public submissions on its controversial Terrorism Suppression Bill.

The Bill faced an early stumbling block… Audio

Children can be perceptive and many are aware of the news of the day. Climate change is one of the biggest stories of our generation, so how do you talk to your kids about it? Should you bring it up? 

Numbers facing off against police at Ihumātao have swelled, with more expected to join today and into the weekend.

Three more people were arrested on Wednesday as hundreds of supporters joined those… Audio

Advocates for victims of sexual assault have condemned last night's interview with the roast buster Joseph Parker. Mr Parker was a member of the gang of teenage boys who boasted online about having… Audio

A member of the notorious Roast Busters gang has been labelled - an entitled young man who epitomises rape culture - after speaking out publicly for the first time. Joseph Parker, a member of the… Audio

We look back on the gender-based stories that dominated the news last year and discuss what that means now as we begin the new year.  Audio

The New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters has cast doubt on Labour's plans to double the refugee quota, saying his party never agreed to it. The government had already started… Audio

Facebook investigating online abuse of Samoan author Audio