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Click to expand Image Sex workers wear masks while asking for the clubs where they work not to close, during an event on International Women's Day in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2023. 2023 Juan Medina/Reuters (Brussels) - The European Parliament passed a resolution against "prostitution" on September 14, 2023, but removed some of its most harmful parts, Human Rights Watch said today. Parliament adopted a non-binding report, Regulation of Prostitution in the EU: Its Cross-Border Implications and Impact on Gender Equality and Women's Rights, but rejected "calls for an EU-wide approach based on the Nordic/Equality model." The Nordic model criminalizes the purchase of sex, and its implementation has led to spikes in murder, police abuse, exclusion from social services, and sexual violence for sex workers in European countries that have adopted it. In a successful last-minute procedural move, the European Parliament removed the most harmful references to the Nordic
Click to expand Image Adilur Rahman Khan arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2023. 2023 Odhikar/FIDH (New York) - Bangladesh authorities should immediately release the human rights defenders Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, quash their convictions, and end all reprisals against them and other human rights defenders for their legitimate human rights work, 39 organizations said today. Khan and Elan were sentenced by the Cyber Tribunal of Dhaka to two years in prison and a fine in retaliation for their work documenting human rights violations in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Government has persistently targeted and launched a smear campaign against Khan and Elan, the secretary and director, respectively, of prominent Bangladesh human rights organization Odhikar. Following the 2013 publication of Odhikar's fact-finding report documenting extrajudicial killings during a protest, both defenders were arbitrarily detained; Khan for 62 and Elan for 25 days. After being release
NewsVoir New Delhi [India], September 6: Best Agrolife Ltd., a renowned agrochemical company in India, has announced a groundbreaking achievement in agricultural innovation.One of the company's wholly owned subsidiaries, Seedlings India Pvt. Ltd. has been granted a 20-year patentfor a revolutionary invention of a Synergistic Pesticidal Compositionthat includes two insecticides and a fungicide to address some of the most pressing challenges in rice cultivation. The patented invention is a powerful and effective solution for tackling the Brown Plant Hopper (BPH), Green Leaf Hopper, White Backed Plant, and a variety of fungal diseases that have long plagued rice crops in India and around the world. The insecticides featuredin this groundbreaking composition offer a dual mode of action that is highly effective against the Brown Plant Hopper (BPH). BPH has become increasingly resistant to conventional agrochemicals, posing a significant threat to rice farmers. Best Agrolife Ltd.'s s