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Новости за 18.12.2024

France24.com (en) 

Activist tells Saudi-hosted UN forum of 'silencing' of dissent

Lina al-Hathloul's appearance at the Internet Governance Forum was a rare instance of an outspoken critic of Prince Mohammed, the de facto ruler, addressing a gathering on Saudi soil. Human Rights Watch researcher Joey Shea described the panel and Hathloul's speech as "historic". The session opened with a moment of silence for government critics "arbitrarily detained" in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East. An empty chair beside the moderator bore a nametag with Hathloul's name. "For today... Читать дальше...

France24.com (en) 

'Ordinary and out of the ordinary': covering France's mass rape trial

Details of the case have horrified audiences in France and abroad since the trial began on September 2, drawing renewed attention on the widespread crime of rape and the issue of consent. But it has also catapulted its main victim, 72-year-old Gisele Pelicot, into the limelight as a feminist hero demanding a patriarchal society change its attitude to sex crimes. Dominique Pelicot, 72, has admitted sedating his then wife with sleeping pills from 2011 to 2020 so that men he recruited online could rape her in her own bed... Читать дальше...

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

US stocks muted as caution prevails ahead of Fed decision

Wall Street's main indexes opened flat Wednesday, as investors turned cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's final rate decision of the year and awaited signals on whether policymakers will take a more cautious stance in 2025.