Human Rights

washington —  The Republican chairman of a special House committee targeting China called Beijing's government “bloodthirsty” and “power hungry” on Friday at a rally outside the…

A Save the Children service provider has condemned Queensland’s new crackdown on child offenders, which the government admits will override their human rights.The government will…

A Tasmanian school has come under fire for removing the cubicle doors in student toilet facilities in an apparent bid to combat misbehaviour, including vaping.Parents of New…

Islamabad —  The U.S. special envoy for women, girls and human rights in Afghanistan has sharply criticized the ruling Islamist Taliban for organizing public floggings of people,…

The captain's armband of the DFB-Elf shows a color scheme based…

A plan to move 20 detained children in Western Australia to a maximum-security adult prison shows the state’s justice system is broken, advocates say.The boys, aged as young as 14,…

Washington —  A U.S. State Department annual report highlighted concerns about continuing human rights abuses in Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela, Egypt and other authoritarian…

Indonesia has dismissed a call by United Nations human rights experts for independent investigations into reports of "shocking abuses" against indigenous Papuans, saying that the…

This year's general elections in Brazil will be a test for the country's democracy due to threats by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro who has questioned the validity of its…

At least 164 people have lost their lives and more than 5000 have been detained during a violent upheaval in Kazakhstan this week, as civil unrest swept through the nation.Deadly…