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Categories: NIGERIA A local human rights group reports that the young girls kidnapped from a school are being sold into marriage with their Boko Haram abductors for $12. CANADA Calgary and Edmonton have declared a measles outbreak. The outbreak has been linked to dangerously low levels of immunizations. SPAIN Spain’s government is being taken to court over a minister’s decision to give the country’s top policing award to a statue of the Virgin Mary. The medal of police merit is normally reserved for police who have died in terrorist attacks. EL SALVADOR In a country where strict abortion laws mean a woman can be charged with homicide for suffering a miscarriage, some women are fighting for the decriminalization of abortion. INDIA The United Nations human rights office launched a great Bollywood-style video as part of its Free and Equal campaign championing LGBT equality and an end to homophobia. SAUDI ARABIA / NORWAY Saudi Arabia has criticized Norway’s human rights record, accusing the country of failing to protect its Muslim citizens and not doing enough to counter criticism of the prophet Mohammed. UK A night-club is under investigation and was forced to close for a week by the city’s licensing board for having a two-way mirror in the women’s bathroom. COLOMBIA A British backpacker died after drinking a psychedelic , miracle cure-all concoction given to a group of tourists by a shaman during a tribal ritual. Featured image: “The Welcome” UN video | |
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Global Quickies: Brave Women, Questionable Police Merit, and More
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