Dutch parliament votes to ban weapon exports to Saudi Arabia
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch parliament passed a bill on Tuesday calling for the government of the Netherlands to halt weapon exports to Saudi Arabia, citing ongoing violations of humanitarian law in Yemen.
Hiding in plain sight, helping hands reach Mexican trafficking victims
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After more than two decades of working as a prostitute in Mexico City, Esperanza Escobar found salvation in a most unexpected place.
Mind the gap – Uganda, Ethiopia show good laws don’t always work in practice
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Uganda’s constitution of 1995 is known worldwide for pioneering and gender-sensitive provisions to protect women and their rights.
Top India court orders protection from trafficking for adopted children
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s top court has ordered the government to draw up strong guidelines for screening and tracking adoptions after a charity appealed for a federal probe into allegations that adopted children were being abuse…
Police kill gunman in Brussels siege linked to Paris attacks
By Robert-Jan Bartunek, Philip Blenkinsop and Clement Rossignol
North Korean leader says will soon test nuclear warhead
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would soon test a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday, in what would be a direct violation of…
Mass killer Breivik gives Nazi salute as he sues Norway for ‘inhuman treatment’
SKIEN, Norway (Reuters) – Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik claimed in court on Tuesday that Norway was violating his human rights by keeping him in isolation for murdering 77 people in 2011, but irritated the judge with a Nazi salute at the start of …
Man accused of stabbing Canadian soldiers cited Allah: police
TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian man accused of stabbing two soldiers in a Toronto military recruitment office claimed he received orders from Allah to kill people, police said on Tuesday, adding that there is no evidence he was working with other…
International election observers say Peru decision must be respected
LIMA (Reuters) – Election observers from the European Union and the Organization of American States said Tuesday that the unprecedented decision by Peru’s electoral board to bar two leading presidential candidates from April elections must be respected…
Israel seizes large tracts of land in occupied West Bank: Army Radio
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has appropriated large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank near the Dead Sea and the Palestinian city of Jericho, Israeli Army Radio said on Tuesday.
