Disqualifying Joshua Wong from running for office is just the latest example of the Hong Kong government’s increasingly anti-democratic tactics. The government’s rigging of the electoral process...

The public broadcaster says Antoinette Lattouf’s short-term radio-hosting contract was terminated early because she shared a controversial social media post.

(Geneva) – Twenty-two countries at the United Nations’ top human rights body issued a joint statement on July 10, 2019, urging China to end its mass arbitrary detentions and related violations...

New Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister Monday to represent what’s shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world.

Leading pro-democracy figure detained over alleged foreign collusion as police search Apple Daily offices

A reluctance to offend China and an information blackout has meant the persecution of the ethnic minority has gone under the radar. But pressure for change is building

In the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, a move to reduce teaching in the Mongolian language in favour of Mandarin has led to rare mass protests and concern among the Mongolian diaspora...

Melbourne’s CBD will be locked down and public transport halted in a bid to prevent Saturday’s planned anti-lockdown rally, which authorities have deemed a potential “superspreader” event.

The public broadcaster says Antoinette Lattouf’s short-term radio-hosting contract was terminated early because she shared a controversial social media post.

The Morrison government is lagging other countries in imposing sanctions against coup leaders, human rights advocates say.

At a special summit, southeast Asian leaders call for an end to the post-coup violence.

Canada played a role in convincing the Thai government not to send an asylum-seeking woman back to Saudi Arabia against her wishes, says Human Rights Watch.

The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza is affecting women and girls in specific and devastating ways.

The public broadcaster says Antoinette Lattouf’s short-term radio-hosting contract was terminated early because she shared a controversial social media post.

The public broadcaster says Antoinette Lattouf’s short-term radio-hosting contract was terminated early because she shared a controversial social media post.

Inflammatory image posted by foreign ministry spokesman draws revulsion across political spectrum but disagreement on Australia’s response

Institutions of higher learning around the world should resist the Chinese government’s efforts to undermine academic freedom abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 21, 2019, Human Rights...

The extradition of Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States for alleged computer-related crimes could have dangerous implications for journalists in the digital age.

Prime minister refuses to apologise for radio interview in which he cast doubt on the status of refugees held in immigration detention

Australia’s busiest overseas posts including Beijing, Port Moresby and Jakarta have been targeted for job cuts by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in a move condemned as a blow to the...

The University of New South Wales was so concerned about the risk of Chinese influence it commissioned an internal investigation into the threat last year. However, the university blocked its release...

The foreign minister, Marise Payne, says the Australian government was notified in mid-August that Cheng Lei had been detained

Bangladesh authorities should immediately release the human rights defenders Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, quash their convictions, and end all reprisals against them and other human...