Quickies

Global Quickies: Vaccines in Europe, Evolution in Turkey, and Nazi-era Convictions Quashed

EUROPE
“The European Court of Justice has ruled that courts may consider vaccines to be the cause of an illness, even in the absence of scientific evidence confirming a link.”

GERMANY
“Germany’s parliament has voted to quash the convictions of 50,000 gay men sentenced for homosexuality under a Nazi-era law that remained in force after the second world war.”

TURKEY
“Turkey will stop teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in high schools. Secular Turks are alarmed that their country is taking an increasingly Islamist direction under President Erdogan’s authoritarian leadership.”

IRAN
“Iran is refusing to implement UNESCO’s education agenda. The country’s religious leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, views it as a Western conspiracy. In doing so he’s discriminating against women and minorities like the Baha’i.”

CHILE
“It is the second time that the former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera must apologize publicly for launching a macho joke.”

ISRAEL
“Israeli airline employees cannot ask women to change seats to spare a man from having to sit next to them, a Jerusalem court ruled on Wednesday, handing down a groundbreaking decision in a case brought by a woman in her 80s.”

ITALY
The death of a six-year-old boy with leukemia due to complications caused by measles has further inflamed a hot debate about vaccinations in Italy. The boy reportedly contracted the disease from older siblings that the family had decided not to vaccinate, even though the younger child’s immune system was compromised.”

TANZANIA
“Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has been condemned for comments that girls who give birth should not be allowed to return to school.”

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Daniela

Born and raised in Mexico City, Daniela has finally decided to abdicate her post as an armchair skeptic and start doing some skeptical activism. She is currently living in Spain after having lived in the US, Brazil and Italy. You can also find her blogging in Spanish at esceptica.org.

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