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Uganda passes law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2023
» KAMPALA: Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence.
Don't exploit her, parents of slain girl tell French politicians
AFP, Published on 22/10/2022
» PARIS - The parents of a French schoolgirl whose gruesome murder has shocked the country, on Friday urged right-wing politicians to stop exploiting her death for political ends.
Turkey's Erdogan orders expulsion of 10 ambassadors
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries, including Germany and the United States, who had appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader.
Report damns Church of England over handling of abuse
AFP, Published on 06/10/2020
» LONDON - The Church of England was on Tuesday criticised in a damning report for protecting predatory priests rather than young victims of sexual abuse.
The Summer of 'WAP': Cardi B's bawdy bop stokes tensions
AFP, Published on 27/08/2020
» NEW YORK - An unadulterated celebration of female desire brimming with graphic sexual metaphors, Cardi B's summer bop "WAP" featuring Megan Thee Stallion has topped the charts -- and left the American right hot and bothered over the indecency.
In Egypt, sexual predator case reignites #MeToo debate
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» CAIRO - Egypt has seen a strong resurgence of the #MeToo movement after dozens of women made shocking claims of sexual abuse and assault by a member of the country's wealthy elite.
Singapore court to hear challenges on gay sex ban
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 12/11/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: As a Singapore court prepares to hear a series of legal challenges to a law that bans gay sex, LGBT+ activists on Tuesday called for the "right" verdict to be delivered so similar reforms can be triggered across other parts of Asia.
'I felt powerful': Afghan trailblazer who confronted Taliban on women
AFP, Published on 26/02/2019
» KABUL - Fawzia Koofi was hesitant to face the Taliban militants who jailed her husband, threatened to stone her for wearing nail polish, and -- when she became a high-profile MP and women's rights champion -- tried to assassinate her.
Singapore diplomat urges gay sex ban challenge
Reuters, Published on 07/09/2018
» SINGAPORE: A veteran Singapore diplomat has called on the gay community to challenge a law that bans gay sex in the conservative city-state, following India's scrapping of similar British colonial-era legislation.
She gambled on Russians-Trump claim. She is losing.
New York Times, Published on 01/09/2018
» PATTAYA: Caught in a Thai police raid on her group’s seduction seminar, a Belarusian escort grabbed the world’s attention in February when she claimed to have audio recordings that might show a link between Russian officials and the election of President Donald Trump, betting that it could turn into a get-out-of-jail free card.