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Israeli parliament passes controversial impeachment law
Июль 21, 2016
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Israeli parliament passes controversial impeachment law

Israel's parliament has passed a law that would allow it to impeach an MP who incites racism or supports armed struggle against the state, report world.korupciya. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the measure ended an "absurd situation" whereby someone who "supports terror" was allowed to...

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EU criticises Israel law forcing NGOs to reveal foreign funding
Июль 13, 2016
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EU criticises Israel law forcing NGOs to reveal foreign funding

The EU has criticised a controversial new Israeli law targeting non-governmental organisations that receive most of their funding from abroad. Such groups must now declare they rely on foreign money in communications with officials, in the media and online. Israel's prime minister said the public needed to know when foreign...

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Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill to outlaw abortion
Май 20, 2016
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Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill to outlaw abortion

Lawmakers in the US state of Oklahoma have passed a bill that would make the act of performing an abortion a crime. Under the bill, a doctor who performs an abortion could be sentenced to up to three years in prison and be barred from practising medicine in the state. Abortion is legal in the United States and abortion-rights...

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Germany anti-gay law: Plan to rehabilitate convicted men
Май 11, 2016
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Germany anti-gay law: Plan to rehabilitate convicted men

Germany is set to annul the convictions of gay men under a law criminalising homosexuality that was applied zealously in post-war Germany. Justice Minister Heiko Maas is to overturn the convictions and create a "right to compensation". About 50,000 men were convicted between 1946 and 1969, under a 19th-Century law...

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Turkey Approves Law Among Final Hurdles For EU Visa Deal
Май 04, 2016
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Turkey Approves Law Among Final Hurdles For EU Visa Deal

Turkey’s parliament has approved a law on setting up a panel to monitor discipline for law enforcement officials, one of the last hurdles remaining before the country wins visa-free access to Europe for its nationals. The 28-nation European Union depends on Ankara’s cooperation to maintain a March pact that has...

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Migrant crisis: Austria passes controversial new asylum law
Апрель 28, 2016
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Migrant crisis: Austria passes controversial new asylum law

Austria has passed a controversial new law that restricts the right of asylum and allows most claimants to be rejected directly at the border. Rights groups say the law undermines the principle of protection from war and persecution. It comes days after Austria's far-right came top in the first round of a presidential...

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Panama Papers leak: Mossack Fonseca law firm offices raided
Апрель 09, 2016
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Panama Papers leak: Mossack Fonseca law firm offices raided

AUTHORITIES in El Salvador have raided the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, seizing documents and equipment, the country’s attorney general’s office says. The Panama-based law firm is at the centre of an international data leak scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders and shone a...

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Liberal Supreme Court justices critical of Texas abortion law
Март 03, 2016
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Liberal Supreme Court justices critical of Texas abortion law

  The liberal wing of the Supreme Court on Wednesday was sharply critical of a Texas law requiring that doctors have admitting privileges at local hospitals and clinics upgrade their facilities to hospital-like standards. If the law is allowed to go into effect it could shutter all but about 10 clinics in the state. Texas...

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