Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a ...

Human rights groups that care about people with mental disabilities also issued a statement opposing the unrestricted "restriction of personal ... (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Taiwan).

But little has been written about Taiwan Communique’s predecessor, a newsletter published by us under the heading International Committee for Human Rights in Taiwan (ICHRT), chronicling many cases of ...

A high-profile criminal case that's back in court this month tests the island's developing democracy.

The Taiwan government issued a statement this month commending its human rights record. It notes a recent human rights conference in Taipei and says protection of rights in the democracy of 23 ...

Austrian human rights lawyer Manfred Nowak said that Taiwan was “already among a very, very small number of countries in the world that still retain the death penalty, and the arguments that are time ...

Taiwan should study China's repressive policies against Muslims in Xinjiang and understand the lengths to which Beijing will go to achieve its political goals, the United States' first Uyghur ...

Taiwan has carried out its first execution in nearly five years, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the use of capital punishment was a "huge setback" for the island's human rights.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Tuesday with prominent human rights advocates who were once imprisoned in China, using a visit to the National Human Rights Museum in Taipei to ...