Government of Ghana will in the coming days get tougher on human trafficking in all forms, a senior public official announced here on Wednesday.
Indonesia on Wednesday briefly detained more than 1,000 pro-independence demonstrators in its eastern province of Papua, ahead of a visit by a top security official to look into claims of human rights violations.
Human rights values and freedoms are under attack throughout the world, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein. In an opening speech to the 32nd session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, he outlined a number of pressing human rights concerns he said could have been prevented.
The Chinese government on Tuesday released a report reviewing the human rights progress from 2012 to 2015 and promising harder effort in the future.
The UN Human Rights Council (HCR) on Monday marked its tenth anniversary by holding a high-level panel discussion to reflect on its achievements and challenges.
World Oceans Day, a UN-designated day held annually on June 8, aims to arouse people's consciousness to preserve oceans on Earth.
China’s visiting foreign minister publicly berated a Canadian journalist on Wednesday for asking a question about his country’s human rights record.
Nearly 20 years ago, after a chess-playing computer called Deep Blue beat the world grandmaster Garry Kasparov, I wrote an article about why humans would long remain the champions in the game of Go.
Human trials of a breakthrough stem-cell treatment capable of regenerating human tissue damaged by injury, disease or aging, similar to salamanders, will begin next year following landmark research by Aussie researchers.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday stressed "equal participation and active involvement" of those with autism, saying it is "essential for achieving the inclusive societies."
The government aims to settle past serious human rights violation cases by early May through reconcilition, or through a non judicial process, despite criticism by human rights groups and the families of victims.
The "shaming" of China by human rights record has been a default position that certain nations often retreat to.
The state-run China Central Television on Sunday aired a documentary that reveals the United States' double standards on human rights-related issues, whereby the U.S. pokes its nose into other countries' internal affairs while leaving many of its own problems unsolved.
The victory of AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence (AI) software, over the world's top go player Lee Sedol during Wednesday's game has caused heated debate and grave concern over whether AI will triumph over human brains and eventually conquer the world.
European countries must stop forced evictions of Roma people, Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe (CoE)'s human rights commissioner said Tuesday.
Indonesian top human rights watchdog has opposed the government's plan to use chemical castration as a punishment for convicted child molesters over violation of human rights principle.
The 26th AU Heads of State Summit opened on Saturday in Addis Ababa, with a rallying call for unity, tolerance, respect for human rights and improved governance in order to tackle the continent's myriad challenges effectively.
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