In an unprecedented decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday condemned El Salvador, one of the countries with the most restrictive abortion laws, for preventing a woman from terminating a risky pregnancy by 2013. “The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to personal integrity, privacy and health (…) to the … Read more
Already heard in July, Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, appeared again on Wednesday before the judge investigating her activities and spoke for the first time, answering only her lawyer’s questions. At the heart of a busy legal week for the socialist leader of the Spanish government, several other relatives of … Read more
The Ugandan government announced on Wednesday that it was investigating the situation of historic opponent Kizza Besigye, after his wife claimed that he had been “kidnapped” in Kenya and transferred to a military prison in Uganda. Winnie Byanyima, director of UNAIDS, asked the government about “to release immediately” her husband, a former close friend who … Read more
Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde began a three-day state visit to France on Monday, which aims to “deepen their bilateral relationship”particularly in matters of defense and the economy. They started this visit with a welcome ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. … Read more