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The Czech Constitutional Court has stipulated that a legal change of gender can be possible in future without sterilization or surgical gender reassignment measures, after the court's judges made a ruling on Tuesday in the city of Brno. The current legal requirements were contrary to the fundamental right to physical integrity and violated the human dignity of those affected, the court ruled. The lawsuit was brought by a person who identifies as a man, although born female. The judges gave the legislature until the middle of next year to amend the unconstitutional regulations. Interior Ministe...
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The Danish government announced on Friday that women in the Scandinavian country will in the future have the right to choose abortion up to the end of the 18th week of pregnancy. Until now, the limit for abortions in Denmark has been 12 weeks. Danish Minister for the Interior and Health Sophie Løhde said in a statement: "There is no medical evidence for the current limit and there is also nothing to suggest that there will be significantly more or later abortions if we raise the limit." The amendment to the law is due to take effect in mid-2025. Additionally, it grants 15 to 17-year-olds the a...
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Ukraine's Crimea envoy Tamila Tasheva has accused Russia of torturing and abducting people on the annexed Black Sea peninsula. "The Russians are persecuting human rights activists and journalists in Crimea, they are dragging civilians into dark cellars and torturing them there. They are making people disappear," Tasheva told the RND German media group in Berlin. "The Russians have turned Crimea into a huge military base and are using it as a launching pad for attacks against Ukraine," she said. The poor human rights situation in Crimea has also been denounced in reports by the Council of Europ...
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Following a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Berlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for greater respect for human rights in the Central Asian republic. "The German government is committed to upholding human rights worldwide, and that also applies to Azerbaijan," Scholz said at a joint press conference with Aliyev on Friday in response to a question from journalists. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), human rights defenders and the media must be able to work "freely and without pressure" in the country, he said. Scholz said he discussed the general situation in Azerb...
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Following a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Berlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for greater respect for human rights in the Central Asian republic. "The German government is committed to upholding human rights worldwide, and that also applies to Azerbaijan," Scholz said at a joint press conference with Aliyev on Friday in response to a question from journalists. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), human rights defenders and the media must be able to work "freely and without pressure" in the country, he said. Scholz said he discussed the general situation in Azerb...
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The police in Iran intend to stick to their recently tightened checks to make sure women are complying with Islamic dress codes, the country's chief of police has said. Police units will continue the large-scale operation with "vigour, precision and intellect," said police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan, according to a report by state media on Tuesday. For more than a week, Iran's notorious morality police have been stepping up their crackdown on offences related to the wearing of a headscarf, which is meant to cover all of a woman's hair. Videos shared on social media in recent days are said to show ...
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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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The Council of Europe, a European rights body, has sharply criticized the United Kingdom for its controversial asylum pact with Rwanda. "The United Kingdom government should refrain from removing people under the Rwanda policy and reverse the Bill's effective infringement of judicial independence," said the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The law raises questions about the human rights of asylum seekers and the rule of law in general, he said. The Council of Europe is independent of the EU and was founded in 1949 to protect democ...
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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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