Perspectivas / Perspectives

National Assembly Law Committee Chairman Phan Trung Ly said all suspects should be viewed as innocent instead of being marked guilty at the beginning of investigations by law enforcement officers  

Hanoi, Aug.24(VNS).─ The legal principle of presuming those being investigated were innocent unless proven guilty must be respected until a verdict was announced, the National Assembly Standing Committee said at its regular meeting yesterday.

This was part of discussions on amendments to the Penal Code brought up for discussion at the meeting.

Wrong thinking

Hong Kong, Aug.14.─ A US official has signaled increasing alarm over the deterioration of human rights in China, saying the topic will be central in an upcoming visit by President Xi Jinping to Washington next month.

Delegations of the two world powers met yesterday and are meeting again Friday (HK time Saturday) in Washington for their annual “Human Rights Dialogue,'' addressing one of the thorniest issues between the two governments.

Budapest, Ago.3 (DP.net).─ El 2 de agosto se conmemoró el 71º aniversario del Día del Holocausto del Pueblo Gitano, fecha en la que, en 1944, alrededor de 3.000 mujeres, niños y ancianos gitanos fueron asesinados en las cámaras de gas de el campo de concentración de Auschwitz-Birkenau. 

El Parlamento Europeo designó el 2 de agosto como el Día del Holocausto Gitano para recordar a los aproximadamente 220.000 gitanos asesinados por la Alemania nazi y sus aliados.

En España también se ha recordado esta fecha pero unos días antes (30 de julio) haciéndolo coincidir en el Acto memorial de homenaje a las víctimas del Samudaripen con el aniversario de la Gran Redada o Prisión general de gitanos en España del 30 de julio de 1749.

In many developing countries, only more privileged women are able to influence decisions made in local government or community groups that affect the lives of women across social classes, says a recent UN report 

Bangkok, June 23.─ Often excluded from decision-making, poor and lower-caste women can contribute to the development of their communities through volunteer work, experts said, calling for more opportunities for marginalized women in governance and local groups.

In many developing countries, only more privileged women are able to influence decisions made in local government or community groups that affect the lives of women across social classes, said Rosemary Kalapurakal of United Nations Volunteers.