An Indonesian history project has sparked worries among scholars and activists due to released drafts that downplay ...

The Indonesian government's plans to issue new history books have sparked fears that mention of deadly riots in 1998 targeting mostly ethnic Chinese in the country will be scrubbed from the text.The ...

Sophie Richardson, co-executive director of the US-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders, told VOA, "The Chinese government has a long history of mistreating and torturing people in detention." ...

While reports in Chinese state media noted Walz’s frequent visits to China and past advocacy for “fostering cultural exchanges,” there were no mentions of his human rights-related criticisms.

The Chinese government carries out the most executions in the world, although the exact number remains a state secret. Human Rights Watch opposes the death penalty in all circumstances because of ...

In China, microblogs are transforming the way activists draw attention to human-rights cases. Despite strict Internet controls, netizens are using Chinese Twitter as a powerful tool.

Canada imposed sanctions on eight former and current senior Chinese officials on Tuesday, citing alleged state-led human rights violations in the Xinjiang region, Tibet and against Falun Gong ...

Billions of dollars in Americans' savings and investments are flowing to Chinese companies linked to China's military and human rights abuses, a congressional report found.

Human Rights Watch reiterates its regrets that the European Union continues to hold its human rights dialogue with China, given that no guarantees or improvements have been secured over its past ...

BHRRC has documented 631 allegations of human rights abuses since 2010 for seven key minerals used in electric vehicles, rechargeable batteries, and renewable energy technologies. Many of the ...

BEIJING -- A veteran Chinese human rights campaigner who challenged the central government over the faulty construction of school buildings that collapsed during last year's Sichuan earthquake was ...

A fter reappearing in late March in Beijing, a Chinese human rights lawyer has vanished once again, raising fears that he has returned to a secret detention at the hands of Chinese state security ...