Malta Remains The Highest-Ranking Country For LGBT+ Rights In Europe
For the 6
th year running, Malta has remained the highest-ranking country on ILGA-Europe’s index Rainbow flag with regards to LGBT+ rights.
Malta has remained the highest ranking country on @ILGAEurope s index ️. We have strengthened the score from previous years & are committed to keep improving in the years ahead – RA
This local growth in legal policy is a true movement towards equity for all, and one that is persistently supported by NGOs such as LGBTI+ Gozo, an organisation that advocates for more intersectional representation, more accessible Trans healthcare, and a broader educational campaign.
Achieving full-cycle anonymity for whistleblowers by paying the reward in crypto
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Romania leads most European Union (EU) nations in the adoption of the EU Whistleblower Directive with strong support of Minister of Justice, Stelian Ion, and Member of Parliament, Sebastian Burduja, who attracted the assistance of numerous whistleblower experts from both the United States and Europe. This week, they continued to demonstrate their undeterred interest for a smooth implementation of the directive to include anonymity, protection and rewards by participating at the 18
th edition of the Tax, Law, and Lobby: Whistleblower Focus Conference. The conference was held on April 20
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PRAGUE
Four EU member states were offered to sign separate COVID-19 vaccine agreements, outside of the EU deals framework, with British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in order to get vaccines faster than others, Czech PM Andrej Babiš unveiled on Thursday (11 February).
Babiš’s statement raises questions regarding the company’s tactics in the aftermath of the row with the EU over delayed deliveries of doses, which have considerably derailed vaccination programs across the bloc. Read more.
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VIENNA
Anti-graft units raid finance minister’s home. Austrian anti-corruption authorities raided the home of Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP), a party ally of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, as he is a suspect in a current investigation against the ruling conservative ÖVP party.
Judicial probe sought into alleged torture on professor
Peshawar
December 29, 2020
PESHAWAR: The Citizens Rights Movement, a conglomerate of different rights-based organizations, on Monday staged a protest against the alleged torture on an associate professor at the Gulbahar Police Station and demanded a judicial probe into the incident.
The members of the rights-based bodies, including those from the Peace Foundation, Pakistan Writers Guild, Bazm-e-Bahar-e-Adab and others gathered at the Peshawar Press Club to voice anger at the alleged torture by the Gulbahar Police on Associate Professor Malik Arshad Hussain, a professor of English at the Government College of Management Sciences, Peshawar, and alleged maltreatment of his wife, Munazza Arshad, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf active worker and her sister.