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Heads of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday called on Britain to reconsider its new law facilitating the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The bill passed on Monday significantly restricts the possibility of resisting deportation - even if migrants are exposed to risks in the process, UNHCR head Filippo Grandi and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said in Geneva. Moreover, people's specific individual circumstances may not be adequately examined before deportation - contrary to international humanitarian law, they noted. "By shifting ...
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Bali's coffee gardens are the perfect place to relax, where you can sip your brew while looking out onto lush rice terraces lined by coffee trees carrying crimson berries. Most people come to try the world's most expensive coffee - kopi luwak. Often sold in pretty packaging, kopi luwak is made from coffee cherries digested and then excreted by the Asian palm civet, fermenting as they pass through the animal's intestines. Producers claim that the fermentation process alters the amino acids and therefore makes the coffee less bitter and easier digestible. It also is said to have a special aroma,...
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Abortions should no longer be a criminal offence in Germany, a commission of experts appointed by the German government has said. "In the early phase of pregnancy (...) the legislator should allow abortion with the woman's consent," reads the summary of a report by the commission, which was presented in Berlin on Monday. At present, abortions are possible in the early stages of pregnancy - within the first 12 weeks - on condition that the woman undergoes counselling beforehand. Abortions are also permissible if there are certain medical reasons or following rape. However, these situations are ...
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Abortions should no longer be a criminal offence in Germany, a commission of experts appointed by the German government has said. "In the early phase of pregnancy (...) the legislator should allow abortion with the woman's consent," reads the summary of a report by the commission, which was presented in Berlin on Monday. At present, abortions are possible in the early stages of pregnancy - within the first twelve weeks - on condition that the woman undergoes counselling beforehand. Abortions are also permissible if there are certain medical reasons or following rape. However, these situations ...
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Poland's parliament voiced it support for liberalizing the country's near-total abortion ban after most lawmakers voted on Friday in favour of having four bills considered by a special committee. Poland, a predominantly Catholic country, has some of the most restrictive abortion regulations in Europe, and these were tightened even further in 2020 by the Constitutional Court under the previous nationalist conservative PiS government. Polish women may only have abortions if they become pregnant through rape or incest, or if their lives are at risk. Women may not have abortions in the case of sev...
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Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, has passed into law new regulations making it easier for people to change their first name and gender identity in official records. The reforms, which will take effect on November 1, allow people to make the changes with a simple procedure at government registry offices. The changes primarily affect transgender, intersex and non-binary people, many of whom have advocated for the reforms. Trans advocates have complained that the requirements under Germany's current transsexual law are humiliating, with those seeking a change in their name and ...
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Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, has passed into law new regulations making it easier for people to change their first name and gender identity in official records. The reforms, which will take effect in November, allow people to make the changes with a simple procedure at government registry offices. The changes primarily affect transgender, intersex and non-binary people, many of whom have advocated for the reforms. Under current law, people seeking to change their names or officially registered genders are required to obtain expert medical assessments and a court decision...
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Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, is set to vote later on Friday on a law that would make it easier for people to change their first name and gender identity in official records. The reforms, called the Self-Determination Act, would allow people to make the changes with a simple procedure at government registry offices. Under current law, people seeking to change their names or officially registered genders are required to obtain expert medical assessments and a court decision. Trans advocates have complained that the requirements under Germany's current transsexual law are h...
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Women's rights organization Terre des Femmes has put up large placards at three bronze statues of nude women in Germany whose breasts are visibly brighter as a result of frequently being touched to highlight how "sexual harassment leaves its mark." White placards with the slogan were put up behind the Juliet Capulet statue at Munich's Marienplatz, "The Youth" statue in the Hoetgerhof in Bremen, and in front of the "Mrs. Rhine" statue that is part of the Neptune Fountain in central Berlin, a spokeswomen for Terre des Femmes said on Monday. Photos of the installations show that the nude women's ...
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Polish President Andrzej Duda has vetoed a law designed to facilitate access to emergency contraceptives, citing "the will to respect constitutional rights and health protection of children," his office said on Friday. Both chambers of parliament had adopted the amendment to the pharmaceutical act provided for women and girls from the age of 15 to be able to obtain the morning-after pill without a prescription in future. Duda is from the nationalist Law and Justice Party (PiS) which was ousted in the last election by a centrist coalition led by former European Council President Donald Tusk in ...
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