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Juan Sanchez Gil

Juan Sanchez Gil - at The European Times News - Mostly in the back lines. Reporting on corporate, social and governmental ethics issues in Europe and internationally, with emphasis on fundamental rights. Also giving voice to those not being listened to by the general media.

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States have the primary responsibility to … protect the human rights of religious minorities
Secretary-General António Guterres signs the book of condolences at the Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations, for the lives lost in the terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand (21 March 2019). UN Photo/Evan Schneider

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States have the primary responsibility to … protect the human rights of religious minorities

Today we honour and remember the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief. Across the world, we continue to witness a rise in hate speech, intolerance, and…

22 August 2021 · 2 min read

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief | 22 August
Participants at event on “Interfaith harmony: Implementing the Transformative Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals”, co-organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the Committee of Religious NGOs (2016).- PHOTO:UN Photo/Manuel Elias

Editor's choice

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief | 22 August

Human Rights Related to Freedom of Religion or Belief Freedom of religion or belief, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of…

22 August 2021 · 4 min read

Relationship between big tech and policing is shielded behind commercial confidentiality: it’s a problem
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Human Rights

Relationship between big tech and policing is shielded behind commercial confidentiality: it’s a problem

For over ten years, public inquiries, press reports, police whistleblowers – and even chief constables – have been raising the issue of police IT systems not being fit for purpose…

17 August 2021 · 5 min read

The New MIVILUDES Report: Bad Methodology, Unreliable Results

Europe

The New MIVILUDES Report: Bad Methodology, Unreliable Results

Privileging the saisines (i.e., reports by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”) may only lead to biased conclusions. by Massimo Introvigne The MIVILUDES, the French Inter-ministerial mission for monitoring and combating…

9 August 2021 · 1 min read

Volunteers help clean up after floods in Belgium

Europe

Volunteers help clean up after floods in Belgium

Belgian Scientologists respond to the needs of friends and neighbors after unprecedented flooding submerged parts of the country. Brussels-based Churches of Scientology for Europe activated a team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers to…

22 July 2021 · 2 min read

Harnessing the Dark Side: Optical Singularities Could Be Used for a Wide Range of Applications
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Science&Technology

Harnessing the Dark Side: Optical Singularities Could Be Used for a Wide Range of Applications

Cross-section of the designed heart-shaped phase singularity sheet. The extended dark region in the center image is a cross-section of the singularity sheet. The phase is undefined on the singularity…

18 July 2021 · 4 min read

Warning: Dog Food Sold Across Europe Contains Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria – Including “Superbugs”
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News

Warning: Dog Food Sold Across Europe Contains Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria – Including “Superbugs”

New research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, reveals raw dog food to be a major source of antibiotic-resistant…

18 July 2021 · 3 min read

CoronaVac COVID-19 Vaccine Is Less Effective Against the P.1 Brazil Variant
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News

CoronaVac COVID-19 Vaccine Is Less Effective Against the P.1 Brazil Variant

A new study presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) and published in The Lancet Microbe, shows that antibodies generated...

18 July 2021 · 4 min read

Researchers Investigate the Striking Absence of Flu and Other “Usual Suspects” During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Health

Researchers Investigate the Striking Absence of Flu and Other “Usual Suspects” During COVID-19 Pandemic

Cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fell significantly in both adults and children during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research being presented...

18 July 2021 · 4 min read