Crimes against humanity

Date: 1970s

From: HART Aotearoa: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12693-16

Description: Comprises material related to the publication 'Amandla' and the subject title "People - General". Folder contains magazine and newspaper clippings relating to living conditions in Southern Africa, including images of protests, cartoons and sculptures. Also includes images of a mass grave at Kassinga, or Cassinga. Title supplied by Library. Hei whakamōhio: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnei kōpaki. Please be aware this folder contains images of human remains. Arrangement: Material arrived at Library in an accordion file and within section "S". Material arranged by Halt All Racist Tours in to a subject file labelled "People - General". Quantity: 1 folder(s) 36 pieces. Transfers: Separated papers at MSI-Papers-12693-3-1.. Processing information: Large photocopy separated for reasons of storage and preservation.

Date: 1971-1985

From: HART Aotearoa: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12693-17

Description: Comprises material related to the publishing of 'Amandla' and the subject file "Named people". Folder contains clippings and photographs of politicians and activists in southern Africa, many of whom have been identified. Other material show views of political protests and general living conditions in South Africa. Images also show bodies of people killed during protests and raids, including Tembuye camp, Mozambique. Title supplied by Library. Hei whakamōhio: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnei kōpaki. Please be aware this folder contains images of human remains. Arrangement: Material arrived at Library in an accordion file and within section "T". Material arranged by Halt All Racist Tours in to a subject file labelled "Named people". Quantity: 1 folder(s) 186 pieces. Transfers: Separated material at MSI-Papers-12693-1.. Processing information: Large posters and clippings separated for reasons of preservation and storage. Not all names associated with the item are indexed.

Date: 1978

From: HART Aotearoa: Collection

Reference: MSI-Papers-12693-2

Description: Comprises a photojournalist publication titled "The Kassinga File", published by the International University Exchange Fund. Photographs taken by Gaetano Pagano after an event known as the Kassinga (or Cassinga) massacre, Namibia, 1978. Includes loose papers and plates held within a paper folder. Contains; two typescripts, two colour A2 sized posters, 12 photomechanical prints. Title supplied by Library. Hei whakamōhio: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnei kōpaki. Please be aware this folder contains images of human remains. Arrangement: Material arrived at Library in an accordian file and within section "W". Material arranged by Halt All Racist Tours in to a subject file labelled "Mozambique". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Paper folder containing loose papers, photomechanical prints and posters Transfers: Separated from MS-Papers-12693-19. Processing information: Separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0006112

Description: Shows a captured Saddam Hussein sitting at a a table with his 'lawyer' who is a black hooded hangman holding a noose. Refers to the trial of Saddam Hussein. He was eventually executed by hanging on 30 December 2006. Published in The Press, 3 July 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "QANTAS2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2008

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0007262

Description: Shows Radovan Karadzic, former Bosnian-Serb leader, who was captured in July 2008 after being at large practising as an alternative health doctor for many years. He was disguised by a large beard and moustache. He is accused of crimes against humanity for his actions during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war. The psychiatrist-turned-Serbian-nationalist is accused of masterminding the deadly wartime siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 executions of some 8,000 Muslim boys and men in Srebrenica. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0007187

Description: Shows American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, weeping as she is arrested by two policemen for being one of the Bush Mob and for crimes against humanity. Her lawyer claims that condemnation to a lifetime of paying off a student loan plus being confined with Winston Peters to discuss issues of mutual interest, is cruel and unnatural punishment not proportionate with her offending. Refers to her recent visit to New Zealand during which Winston Peters hosted her but also refers to her position in the Bush government and comments on the ethics of the Iraq War in particular. A group of students tried to kidnap her for such offences when she was in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0002275

Description: The scene shows a nightmare scene of Saddam Hussein forced to do pointsman duty at a bust Bhagdad intersection. As he tries to control the traffic he is assaulted from all sides by noise, explosions, car parts, flying wheels and all kinds of rubbish. Saddam Hussein has yet to be sentenced for crimes against humanity committed when he was president of Iraq. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Herald on Sunday (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026087

Description: Under the heading 'How to go down in history as a murderous despot...' there are four people, from left to right: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein and Bashar al-Assad, who says "I'm working on it". The cartoonist compares Serbia's President, Bashar al-Assad, with notorious dictators. Wider context: reports of atrocities committed by Assad's regime, including reported use of gas or chemical warfare on the Serbian people. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026076

Description: A two-frame cartoon: in the first, above a selection of drums and gas canisters marked as poisonous a voice comments "Brutally killing people with chemical weapons is an absolute disgrace!" In the second, above a range of missiles a voice comments "They should be blown to bits with conventional weapons like everybody else!" Refers to the Western response to allegations that chemical weapons have been used by the Syrian regime, with widespread claims for action on this. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Mulheron, Michael, 1958-: Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026091

Description: Under the heading 'Obama's red line' a strongly drawn red line arcs to avoid the corpses of four children. Refers to international pressure on the United States to take decisive action on the escalating situation in Syria, where gas has allegedly been used by Bashar al-Assad's regime. Wider media discussions have focused on whether Obama will follow through with his claims to act should the 'red line' - use of chemical weapons - be crossed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0026402

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta is being shielded from international justice by the African Union. It's a sick position to assume when so many Africans are fleeing Africa in crowded boats at the moment to seek survival in Europe'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0000333

Description: Caricature of Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, wagging his finger defiantly, at his trial which began 19 October 2005. He is charged, along with others, with killing 148 men in the 1980sident in Dujail village. They could face the death penalty if found guilty. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).