Hungarian Parliament has moved three steps back in the struggle for gender equality, as it passed a declaration refusing to ratify a landmark treaty designed to fight violence against women. On May 5, Parliament announced that it would not be ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Violence against
Germany Speaks Out on Gay Conversion Therapy On Thursday 7 May, German parliament approved a ban on gay conversion therapy for those under the age of 18. Conversion therapy, also known as reparative treatment, often forces members of the population to undergo oppressive practices in order to ‘suppress’ or ‘cure’
Two humanitarian rescue vessels, the Alan Kurdi and the Aita Mari, have been impounded by Italian authorities. The owners of both vessels claim it is a form of harassment and an attempt to prevent them from carrying out their mission of rescuing asylum seekers in the Mediterranean. The Italian coastguards
On Saturday, 9 May, the Ethiopian armed forces admitted that they were responsible for the downing of a privately-owned Kenyan plane in Somalia earlier in the week. The Kenyan plane was shot down on Monday over the town of Bardale in southwest Somalia as it attempted to land. All six
