Dec 06, – US whistleblower Edward Snowden is to give video evidence to the European Parliament, a German assembly member claims. A parliamentary committee session will examine mass-surveillance by intelligence agencies. The German member of the European Parliament, Jan Philipp Albrecht, said on Thursday that Snowden (pictured) would be appearing by videolink at a session […]
Dec 05, – London: A fierce storm battered northern Europe on Thursday, leaving three people dead or missing, causing mass transport disruption and threatening the biggest tidal surge in decades. Winds of up to 228 kilometres per hour battered northern Britain while authorities evacuated residents and boosted flood defences in low-lying areas across the region. […]
Nov 27, – A leading French feminist group has urged the ECHR to uphold the ban, arguing that it liberates women. “The full-face veil, by literally burying the body and the face, constitutes a true deletion of the woman as an individual in public,” the head of the International League for Women’s Rights, Annie Sugier, […]
Oct 23, – A federal German court has ruled that owners of brothels should not profit from a reduced VAT rate for the hotel sector that was introduced in 2010. The judges said such places were not established to foster tourism. Renting out rooms to prostitutes for them to pursue the oldest profession in the […]
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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment
Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]
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