Tonga's progress on Human Rights questioned by UN Working Group
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 15:16
A United Nations review conducted on the state of human rights in Tonga was completed on 25 January 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland, when Tonga's Minister for Internal Affairs, Lord Vaea was questioned over women’s rights, police violence, establishing a national human rights institution, the living conditions of persons with disabilities and the reasons for Tonga's failure to accede to numerous core international human rights instruments.
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'I he'eku vakai atu mei muli
'I he'eku vakai atu mei muli ni, 'oku te'eki vavea ke a'u 'a Tonga ia kiha tu'unga fakatu'utamaki ke hanga ai 'e he ngaahi fonua 'o e 'United Nations''o tukuaki'i 'a Tonga kihe maumau'i 'o e ngaahi totonu 'a e tangata (human rights violations). 'Oku mau kei polepole atu pe ki Tonga, he 'oku kei nofo melino pe 'a e kakai ia neongo 'oku 'i ai 'a e fanga ki'i palopalema 'oku ha pe mo mole, meihe kau polisi, pea mo e valau 'i he Falealea, pa'usi'i 'o e kakai fefine, 'oku koviange, pea mo lahiange ia hono fai 'e he ngaahi fonua ko'eni 'oku nau tukuaki'i 'a Tonga. 'Oku 'i ai 'a e ngaahi fonua lahi 'i mamani 'oku fakalilifu ai 'a hono maumau'i 'a e totonu 'a e tangata, hange ko Siaina, Syria, Iran, North Korea, hahake lotoloto, ngaahi fonua 'i 'Afilika, Cuba, Venezuela, kau atu kiai pea mo Fiji. 'Oku 'ikai lava 'e he United Nations ke fai ha me'a ki he ngaahi fonua ko'eni, kae anga fefe 'enau fakakau 'a Tonga ki he lisi ko'eni. Kuo 'i ai ngaahi fonua, Australia, Chile, France, Italy etc, kuo nau kaunoa 'i he lao 'a Tonga fekau'aki pea mo e 'death penalty'. Fefe ke nau 'call' kihe ngaahi fonua 'i 'olunga ke tuku hono pa'usi'i kakai fefine, pea mo hono tamate'i noa'ia e kakai, pea tala mai ki 'Amelika ni ke tuku hono ngaue 'aki 'a e tautea mate. 'Oku ou tui 'oku te'eki vavea ke a'u 'a Tonga kiha fa'ahinga tu'unga 'oku ne maumau'i 'a e totonu 'a e tangata ke fai ai 'e he United Nations 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ta'e fakafiemalie ko'eni. 'Oke ne hanga 'o uesia 'a e ongoongolelei 'o e 'Otumotuanga'ofa. SAIA.