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Love killer: How the Covid-19 pandemic has left the world a more violent place for the LGBTQ community Inkstone 18/12/2020
In some countries, who you love can be deadly.
Same-sex activity is illegal in almost 70 countries. In six, it s punishable by death. These include Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria (the 12 northern states only), Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
These were the findings of a world survey on sexual orientation laws released this week that found dozens of nations across the globe still treated same-sex couples as criminals.
Jessica Brice and Tatiana Freitas, Bloomberg News Workers at a meat processing plant in Barretos, Brazil. Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg , Photographer: Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) Brazilâs Amazon region has suffered more deforestation this year than any in the past decade. The lax environmental policies of President Jair Bolsonaro bear some of the blame; so, too, does climate change. But much can be laid at the feet of cattle farmers.
Most cows in Brazil, the worldâs largest beef exporter, are grass-fed. Ranchers in the precious biome use bulldozers, machetes, and fire to make room for pasturelandâa practice thatâs illegal but so widespread that itâs almost impossible for strapped regulatory teams to root out. A study published in Science in July showed at least 17% of beef shipments to the European Union from the Amazon region and Cerrado, Brazilâs savanna, may be linked to illegal forest des
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