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Libya bars all Kadhafi-era officials from public office
AFP – Libya’s General National Congress on Sunday, under pressure from armed militias, voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from government posts. Gunmen who had surrounded the foreign and justice ministries to press for officials from the regime of the late dictator Moamer Kadhafi to be…
British actor Stephen Fry spars with anti-gay Russian lawmaker
British actor Stephen Fry on Thursday clashed with the Russian politician behind a controversial law in the second city of Saint Petersburg that activists see as violating the rights of gays. Fry, who is openly gay, met city lawmaker Vitaly Milonov while filming a BBC documentary titled “Out There” about…
French same-sex marriage law clears first hurdle
France’s National Assembly on Saturday overwhelmingly approved the first and most important article of a controversial law that will allow gay couples to get married and adopt children. Deputies voted 249-97 in favour of article one of the draft legislation, which redefines marriage as being an agreement between two people…
Pussy Riot protesters arrested in France under anti-niqab law
Several people protesting peacefully in Marseille against the trial of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were detained by police for wearing balaclavas, under France’s controversial law that bans Muslim niqabs and all face-coverings from public places. About 30 demonstrators gathered outside the Russian consulate in the southern French city…
Quebec appeals court upholds law limiting protests
MONTREAL — A court of appeals in Quebec on Monday upheld a lower court’s rejection of a request to scrap parts of a controversial law enacted to quell student protests against tuition hikes. Special Law 78 was passed on May 18 after clashes between police and students opposed to an…
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