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Spanish psychiatrist facing jail for psychological harassment
Health
The Public Prosecutor's Office asks for the conviction of Javier Criado [reportedly a member of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry] for the "psychological harassment and bullying" of a patient. A…
Human Rights
Peter Mousaferiadis, the founder and CEO of Cultural Infusion, the company behind Diversity Atlas, shares his reasons why diversity matters to CEOs and how to embrace this zeitgeist moment in time.…
Human Rights
By the time the Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August, at the main hospital in Maidan Shar, a city of 35,000 in the center of the country, many of the…
Human Rights
On November 8 RIA Novosti reported the Soviet documentary film "Secret and Clear. Aims and Deeds of the Zionists" *, filmed in 1973, is included in the list of extremist…
ECHR
Sikh Festival Draws 100,000 to Yuba City, Calif.; Texas Voters Amend State Constitution, Expand Religious Liberty; Judge: Religion Exempt From LGBTQ Bias Liability; U.S. Supreme Court On Religious Liberty Cases;…
Human Rights
Photo credits: SM/Borkena – TPLF militia On 4 November, the EU High Representative issued a declaration about the situation in Ethiopia in which he stressed that “the EU is particularly…
America
Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch Maduro Atrocities to Receive International Judicial Scrutiny (Washington, DC) – The decision of…
Human Rights
Anatoliy Sharij, a Ukrainian videoblogger, has been on the run in Europe since he left his country in 2011 to save his life which was threatened by neo-Nazis. In the…
Human Rights
© UNODC Dubai (United Arab Emirates), 4 November – Malaika Oringo is a survivor of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) from Uganda. When she was 15 and her mother died, a…
Council of Europe
In a surprise move, the Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe shoved the hot potato of the possible new legal instrument on the use of coercive measures in…
