SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 17, 2013
Harassed at work and the doctor's office, bullied and assaulted in public: The gay, bisexual and transgender community is still widely discriminated against in Europe. In an new EU survey, the most comprehensive to date, more than 90,000 participants report on the extent of their harassment. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 10, 2013
Not far from the glistening beaches of Bali, mentally ill people are kept in chains or locked up in small shacks. Locals simply don't know what else to do with them. But psychiatrist Luh Ketut Suryani has made it her job to set them free. By Katrin Kuntz more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 29, 2013
More than 3,000 people worked producing cheap t-shirts for European clothing chains in the highrise sweatshop that collapsed in Bangladesh last week. Hundreds died because the facility was lacking even the most basic safety standards. By Hasnain Kazim, Nils Klawitter and Wieland Wagner more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 05, 2013
In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, Boris Dittrich, advocacy director of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender program at Human Rights Watch, discusses the current debates on same-sex marriage in Europe and the United States and virulent homophobia in Russia and Uganda. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 29, 2013
The Sinai Peninsula has become a prison and grave for thousands of African refugees. They are kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured to death even after their families have paid hefty ransoms. But Egypt refuses to act. By Nicola Abé in North Sinai more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 15, 2013
While much of Argentina celebrates the election of their countryman Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope, others accuse him of having played a dubious role in Argentina's military dictatorship. There are prominent voices on both sides of the debate. By Annette Langer more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 20, 2012
Greece's treatment of migrants and asylum seekers is so appalling that it has become a humanitarian crisis, Amnesty International charges in a new report. It cites squalid conditions at refugee facilities and authorities who are doing little to combat the problem. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 19, 2012
With the film "Zero Dark Thirty" opening in select US theaters on Wednesday, a former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo worries that the country will get a distorted view on the efficacy of torture. He says it is time to make Guantanamo testimony public and to declassify the new Congressional report on Bush-era interrogation methods. By Morris Davis more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- September 26, 2012
Following months of acrimonious debate over whether circumcision was legal in Germany, the Justice Ministry in Berlin has now presented a draft law that would ensure the procedure remains unpunishable. The German Jewish community has welcomed the move. By Ralf Neukirch more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- August 08, 2012
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has hardly been a model of bonhomie. But now a new debate over extending joint-filing tax benefits to gay couples promises to split her coalition anew. Media commentators say it is time for German conservatives to venture into modernity. more...
