Human Rights

As the militant group Islamic State has carved a swathe through Iraq, Syria and Libya, it has become known for high-profile murder videos - posted online - of journalists, aid workers, a pilot, and… Audio

The Cricket World Cup 2015 has started - the teams have converged on the country, as have the visiting dignitaries. And Sri Lanka played New Zealand in the opening game of the cup yesterday - NZ… Audio

The government's being warned to do its due diligence on the Iraqi forces it'll be working with should it decide to send in New Zealanders. Audio

Sri Lanka will play New Zealand in the opening game of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Trevor Grant fears the Sri Lankan government uses the team to launder its image and he will be in New Zealand… Audio

The Human Rights Commission says thousands of New Zealanders - many of them elderly - are being being detained in locked age-care facilities, without adequate monitoring by outside agencies. Audio

A chorus of voices is calling on the New Zealand Government to lean heavily on Indonesia over human rights abuses in its Papua region. Audio

Shami Chakrabarti is the Director of the UK campaign group Liberty (The National Council for Civil Liberties). She first joined Liberty as In-House Counsel on 10 September 2001 and quickly became… Audio

Richard Falk is a Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University. He is in NZ to give a series of talks arranged by Otago University's National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies -… Audio

Donatella Rovera is Amnesty International's Senior Crisis Response Adviser, conducting human rights investigations in Iraq. Audio

The rationales of individual freedom and responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative... free markets, pandemics, and public health... Audio

Wayne looks at the Occupy demonstrations in Hong Kong, the West's comparatively tepid response and other little-reported grievances behind the demand for democracy. Wallace follows up with Sophie… Audio

Amnesty International's China Researcher William Nee on the NGO's JV report, with the Omega Research Foundation, titled "China's Trade in Tools of Torture and Repression". Audio

Human Rights Watch says a UN Security Council resolution telling countries to stop the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria is riddled with opportunities for abuse. Audio

New Zealand's attitudes towards people with disabilities and the work the Government's doing to uphold their rights is coming under the spotlight this week at the United Nations in Geneva. For the… Audio

The indentity of a diplomat accused of attempted rape, A new way to hire a ride home online, and in dateline pacific are academics getting a bad deal at Fiji's university? Audio

This week marks the 5th anniverary of the Mulivaikkal Massacre, in which the Sri Lankan military was accused of shelling hospitals and medical facilities in what was supposed to be a safe zone. Audio

Jane Patterson returns from Sri Lanka and asks if NZ was right to attend the Commonwealth Heads meeting. Audio

This week UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Audio

Insight asks New Zealand athletes about whether they should speak out about China's human rights record at the Olympics. Audio