Human rights

A FEW tech giants accumulating massive power coupled with artificial intelligence is posing huge global rights challenges and needs regulation, the UN human rights chief told AFP in an interview.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump said no US officials would attend the G20 summit in South Africa later this month, reviving debunked claims of white citizens being systematically “killed and slaughtered” in th...

CHINESE factory workers suffered difficult conditions while racing to get Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 17 lineup ready, according to a report from China Labor Watch.

UNITED Nations members rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to join the organisation’s Human Rights Council amid opposition from activists who say the Gulf nation remains among the worst human rights offenders...

But legal challenges also risk backlash from governments, which have their own legislative efforts

THE United States said on Friday (Mar 29) it will impose new visa restrictions on a number of Hong Kong officials over the crackdown on rights and freedoms in the Chinese-ruled territory.

[KUALA LUMPUR] American tire manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co is facing accusations of unpaid wages, unlawful overtime and threats to foreign workers at its Malaysian factory, according to c...

MALAYSIA will review bilateral agreements with 15 nations from which it sources labourers in a bid to address exploitative practices and manpower imbalances that have left thousands of migrant workers...

DAYS after Myanmar’s military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in February 2021, an Australian economist working with her received an anonymous email telling him the police were watching his room ...