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Anti-Black racism is rising in EU countries, led by Germany, study finds

Anti-Black racism is rising in EU countries, led by Germany, study finds

RACISM towards Black people is growing in Europe, with Germany, Austria and Finland showing the highest rates of discrimination and harassment, a survey of first- and second-generation Black immigrants in 13 EU countries published on Wednesday found. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), which commissioned the survey and analyzed its findings in a report, said that in the space of six years since the previous study, the proportion of respondents who had felt racially discriminated against in the past 12 months had risen by 10 percentage points to 34%. In Austria and Germany, the proportion was 64% - almost twice…
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Egypt lawmakers approve bill to protect sex assault victims’ identity

Egypt lawmakers approve bill to protect sex assault victims’ identity

MENNA A FAROUK EGYPTIAN lawmakers on Tuesday approved a draft law that would give survivors of sexual assault and harassment the automatic right to anonymity, under pressure to do more to encourage women to report such crimes. The government drafted the bill in July to try to encourage reporting of sexual violence, which women's rights campaigners say is rife in Egypt but often goes unreported because victims fear a backlash or pressure to withdraw their claims. The move follows the arrest of a man accused of raping and blackmailing multiple women, many of whom had been unwilling to go to…
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