Peter Hosking on Radio New Zealand: What surveillance they were doing of the Muslim community appeared to us to be excessive and compliant with their legal responsibilities and the human rights of people they were interviewing. Listen now
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The Human Rights Foundation is calling for an open and transparent inquiry into last Friday’s attacks. The letter to the Attorney General signed by foundation chairperson Peter Hosking said they had persistently raised concerns with government agencies about increasing Islamophobia in New Zealand and internationally. “And raising concerns about intrusion into the civil liberties and
The Human Rights Foundation has released research to RNZ it says backs up its demands for an open and transparent inquiry into the security agencies and the terror attacks. The research shows the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) used informal chats and offers of payment to young men, who were not advised of their
In 2016 and 2017, the Human Rights Foundation worked with the Muslim community in New Zealand. Our work aimed to to facilitate effective dialogue between the Muslim community and relevant authorities, related particularly to the sharing of internet and social media content. An informal pilot survey identified various needs and concerns of the community about
A group of Muslim women gathered together at Starship Hospital on Sunday to support the mother there of four-year-old girl Alin Alsati, who had been shot three times in the Christchurch terror attack. As they waited for the girl to under go surgery, the conversation turned to the everyday abuse, both verbal and physical, the
The Human Rights Foundation has joined together with members of Aotearoa’s Muslim community to create a website where the Muslim community can share and record Islamophobia – the abuse they face in their daily lives: http://www.reportislamophobia.nz Created in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack on the Muslim community, this website is a place to share and
The Human Rights Foundation of Aotearoa New Zealand is shocked and dismayed at the news of a mass shooting at Masjid Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch. Details are still emerging, and it appears that the situation is ongoing. We have spent the last three years on a joint project with the Muslim community,
Until recently I was of the view that police vehicle pursuits were always justified in order to uphold the law and send a clear message, to young people in particular, that there would be immediate consequences for law breaking. But I’ve changed my mind. Confronted by the alarming number of young people who die during
Deborah Manning works at her kitchen table. Papers and folders and the myriad of legal minutiae are stacked where breakfast is eaten. It’s legal flotsam washed up from the 2010 NZSAS raid alleged to have left six Afghan villagers dead and 15 others wounded. This is where Fatima, 3, allegedly killed during the raid, finds
The United Nations Human Rights Council has made a total of 194 recommendations about New Zealand’s human rights record. This is up from 155 in New Zealand’s last Universal Periodic Review back in 2014. The HRF had been one of three NGOs selected to address a so-called “Pre-session” in Geneva on 14 December 2018 when a
