Thursday, 11 March 2021, 3:41 pm
Te Pāti Māori are calling for a Royal Commission of
Inquiry into Police racial profiling of Māori. This comes
off the back of three significant findings in the last few
days that shines a spotlight on the way Māori are treated
when they come to the attention of the police.
“We
have seen three major issues come about in the last few
days; Operation Tauwhiro aimed at preventing
firearms-related incidents - targeting Māori; Police
illegally photographing our rangatahi – targeting Māori
and the admission by Police that they use pain to subdue
A UN expert today called on Cuba to stop intimidation and detention of human rights defenders working for racial justice in the country. “The recurrent arrests of human rights defenders on the island, the lack of access to legal representation .
Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:49 am
GENEVA (11 March 2021) – The Myanmar junta’s brutal
response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal
threshold for crimes against humanity, a UN expert told the
Human Rights Council today, calling for a united global
response in the country’s hour of need.
“The
people of Myanmar need not only words of support but
supportive action,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
“They need the help of the international community,
now.”
Andrews stressed that a growing body of
reporting indicates that the junta’s security forces are
committing acts of murder, imprisonment, persecution and
Friday, 12 March 2021, 7:04 am
Minister
of Police Hon Poto Williams and Deputy Commissioner Jevon
McSkimming with new Police dog teams (left to right) Senior
Constable Sam Bennett and Nizmo, Const Michael Lamb and
Griffen, Const Josh Yeoman and Lenix, Const Mat Morris and
Dane, and Senior Const John Fraser and
Vin
Trained, qualified and ready to
go – five new Police dog teams will be working across
Tāmaki Makaurau, Wellington and Canterbury from next week
after graduating from the New Zealand Police Dog Training
Centre, Trentham, yesterday.
It was paws and feet
forward as the teams paraded before the Minister of Police,
A fire that erupted in a detention center in the capital, Sana'a, was reportedly caused by the Houthis, has killed several migrants and injured many others, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement, expressing grave concern. According to .