Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has slammed the country's human rights commission, saying it should be "ashamed of itself" for recommending a major public inquiry be established into Australia's detention of immigrant children.
A woman resident of British Columbia, Canada, was confirmed to have been infected with H7N9 bird flu virus, becoming the first human infection case of the deadly virus in North America, federal health officials said Monday.
The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions on nine persons and entities for their alleged role in helping the Iranian government evade sanctions and in supporting its human rights abuses.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that as the U.S. "human rights racket" gets more intense against the country, the "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will completely lose its meaning."
According to the memorial hall, the survivors and the victims' relatives chose to disclose the news on the Human Rights Day to draw worldwide attention and to urge the Japanese government to reflect on its aggression and the harm it did to the Chinese people.
The hegemony it has exercised, the inquisition by torture it has practised, and the profound racial inequalities all point to the sheer hypocrisy of the United States as a defender of human rights.
China and EU here on Monday held the 33rd round of dialogue on human rights, exchanging views on issues including international cooperation on human rights and women's rights.
There are probably few other countries in the world as self-righteous and complacent as the United States when it comes to human rights issues, but the Ferguson tragedy is apparently a slap in the face.
Hostilities and related human rights violations and abuses continued in eastern Ukraine despite the announcement of the Sept. 5 ceasefire, said a latest report released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday.
The African Union (AU) has called for more support in human resources from its member states and partners for its fight against Ebola in West Africa.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States have vowed to cooperate in combating trafficking in persons, seeking new standard guidelines and norms and new protocol in fight against modern slavery.
Researchers in Japan have developed a chip that mimics human organs, a technology that could test the efficacy and side effects of drugs and speed the development of new drugs.
The inner ear of a 100,000-year- old fossilized early human skull found 35 years ago in northern China displays characteristics long thought to occur only in Neanderthals, who prospered across Europe and western Asia from roughly 30,000 and 40,000 years ago, according to a study out Monday.
New Zealand's commitment to human rights was questioned Friday with news that the government had rejected 34 of 155 recommendations made by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
China on Wednesday rejected UN human right's chief Navi Pillay's remarks on the June 4 incident, saying they gravely intervened in China's judicial sovereignty and internal affairs.
The Chinese government on Monday released a white paper detailing the progress made in human rights in 2013, highlighting enhanced social fairness, justice and freedom of speech.
Russia on Wednesday called groundless the extension of the so-called Magnitsky List drawn by the United States, and vowed to retaliate.
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