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Terror in Europe

Terror In Brussels, 21 World Front Pages

Terror In Brussels, 21 World Front Pages
Worldcrunch

Most of the world's front pages Wednesday are dedicated to the terrorist attacks in Brussels, the day after a series of explosions attacks killed at least 34 and wounded hundreds.

BELGIUM

"The day everyone feared" — De Standaard

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"Right in our heart" — De Tijd

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"Our darkest day" — Het Belang Van Limburg

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"Hold strong" — Le Soir

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De Morgen


FRANCE

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Libération

"Europe under attack" — Les Echos

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"Terror over the city" — La Dépêche du Midi

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"War in Europe" — Le Parisien


GERMANY

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Kleine Zeitung


SWITZERLAND

"Attack in the heart of the EU" — Basler Zeitung



PORTUGAL

"Terror in Brussels" — Publico


ITALY

Il Tempo

"Europe under attack" — Corriere della Sera

"The Brussels kamikazes left free to kill" — Il Fatto Quotidiano


LEBANON

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""EURISIS" capital bleeds" — Al-Akhbar


ARGENTINA

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"ISIS terror strikes again: 34 dead in Brussels" — Clarin


PERU

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"New blow to Europe" — El Comercio


TURKEY

"Terror in the heart of the EU" — Türkiye


UNITED STATES

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The Seattle Times

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The Boston Globe

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Why Is Homophobia In Africa So Widespread?

Uganda's new law that calls for life imprisonment for gay sex is part of a wider crackdown against LGBTQ+ rights that is particularly harsh on the African continent.

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LGBTQ group in Uganda

Pierre Haski

-Analysis-

Uganda has just passed a law that allows for life imprisonment for same-sex sexual relations, punishing even the "promotion" of homosexuality. Under the authoritarian regime of Yoweri Museveni for the past 37 years, Uganda has certainly gone above and beyond existing anti-gay legislation inherited from British colonization.

But the country of 46 million is not alone, as a wider crackdown against LGBTQ+ rights continues to spread as part of a wider homophobic climate across Africa.

There is exactly one country on the continent, South Africa, legalized same-sex marriage in 2006, and another southern African state, Botswana, lifted the ban on homosexuality in 2019. But in total, more than half of the 54 African states have more or less repressive laws providing for prison sentences.

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