Stories from 12 June 2018
Argentina counts down the hours to the vote on legalizing abortion
"If the law is not approved, those responsable for that torture and the eventual deaths will be the deputies who voted against it..."
‘You cannot be a liberator and a thief at the same time': Video shows Russian forces disciplining Syrian soldiers for looting
"Russia appears to be casting itself as a protector of the same people whom its forces have either killed, maimed or made homeless"
Telegram channel administrator could get death penalty for “insulting the Prophet”
Article 262 of Iran’s Islamic Penal Code dictates that “Anyone who swears at or commits qazf [slander] against the Great Prophet [of Islam]...shall be sentenced to the death penalty.”
Iranian parody band sings a love song for Telegram after its block
"Just when I was relying on you, you were suddenly blocked and gone and all I have left is this VPN, that's the only bridge between you and I."
Could Jamaica's Data Protection Act shield politicians from journalistic scrutiny?
"This Bill [...] does not adequately distinguish gathering ‘data’ for journalistic activities from gathering data for regular commercial purposes [which] may have a chilling effect on press freedom."
Should you have to save a child to be allowed to stay in France?
"...police force will continue to pursue all of his unfortunate brothers and to harass the allies who come to their aid. A sinister and immoral comedy of power without principles."