A Dutch court ruled Wednesday that border police can use ethnicity as one of the criteria for selecting people for checks at the border, a legal defeat that rights activists immediately vowed to appeal. The decision came in a case brought against the government by two citizens, backed by rights groups, who argued that they …
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It has been learned that there has been tension between Apple and Facebook in recent years. The two companies clashed over human trafficking. Two big technology companies Apple and Facebook… It was understood that there was a serious problem between the two companies in 2019. It turned out that Facebook, which has more than 2 …
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First and second-generation migrants are running for the Bundestag in the German elections on September 26, trying to appeal to the country’s increasingly diverse voter demographics and reverse under-representation. As Germans go to the polls later this week to elect their representatives for the Bundestag, migrant communities are increasingly making their voices heard with parties …
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More than 350,000 people have been killed in over 10 years of conflict in Syria, but the tally is “certainly an undercount,” the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday. “We have compiled a list of 350,209 identified individuals killed in the conflict in Syria between March 2011 to March 2021,” Michelle Bachelet told …
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Polling station assistants in the western German town of Bergheim initially refused to allow a 21-year-old woman wearing a hijab and a protective mask to cast her ballot during Germany’s elections on Sunday. The poll workers reportedly cited a ban on face coverings for not allowing her to vote, according to the local WDR public …
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An independent investigation commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified more than 80 alleged cases of sexual abuse during the global health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including allegations implicating 20 staff members. The 35-page report released on Tuesday exposed the most widescale sexual …
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Lawmakers took sharp aim at Facebook on Thursday, harshly questioning one of its executives about Instagram’s effect on teenagers, in a Senate hearing that illuminated the growing bipartisan frustrations and concerns with the social media giant. Members of the Senate’s consumer protection subcommittee admonished the executive, Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, for withholding …
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Muslim associations will appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against the decision of Belgium’s Constitutional Court banning ritual halal animal slaughter, they announced on Friday. The Executive Office of Muslims in Belgium and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium decided to appeal against the ruling at the Strasbourg-based European court after …
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A man with a history of promoting hate was sentenced in a Canadian court Monday to 18 months behind bars for contravening six court orders to stop making defamatory comments about restaurant owner Mohamad Fakih. Kevin J. Johnston, a mayoral candidate for the city of Calgary, Alberta, was jailed by Justice Fred Myers for breaking …
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An under-construction mosque in the French city of Strasbourg recently received a letter including death threats and insults, an official of the country’s Islamic community said. The letter, which was received on Tuesday, titled “Declaration of War,” and argued that Islam has no place in France. The anonymous note said Muslims of France will have …
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