Originally posted on the author’s Substack. Recently, I was alerted to France’s parliament passing the contentious draft legislation aimed at tackling “sectarian abuses,” commonly known as the “Pfizer Amendment” among critics, on Tuesday, April 9th. My initial coverage of the draft bill’s progression through France’s National Assembly was reported in […]
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament Assembled
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament Assembled e-4605 (Democratic process) Whereas: There are currently no election laws at the federal level of Canadian government that enable legal Canadian voters, by petition, to remove an elected official from their elected position before their term; and There are currently no […]
Uzbekistan: Parliament passes long-overdue legislation criminalizing domestic violence
Reacting to Uzbekistan’s upper house of Parliament passing legislation that criminalizes domestic violence, Heather McGill, Amnesty International’s Central Asia Researcher, said: “Women rights activists and human rights defenders in Uzbekistan have been campaigning for years for better protection from domestic violence. Today, Uzbekistan is becoming the fifth country in Eastern […]
189 “Fringe Scientists” Fight for the European Parliament to Recognize the Rights of Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
189 is definitely not a perfect number. It could have been 100 – as in the “100 days to deliver a new vaccine”, or two – as in “two weeks to flatten the curve” or three – as in “three months to save the NHS”, or other such winning number. […]
The House of Cards is Tumbling Down: They Tried to Break Us, and They Failed – Christine Anderson
“It was never about breaking any waves; it was always about breaking people.” “We all know now the people have been lied to; it was a gigantic lie,” attested German MEP Christine Anderson during a press conference with Prof. Perronne. “And on this lie, everything that governments, especially in the western […]