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A 28-Year-Old Had Sex With An 11-Year-Old; Under French Law, It's Not Necessarily Rape
Under French law, an act can qualify as rape only if there is violence or a threat of violence during a sexual act. Though the age of consent is 15, sex with a minor does not automatically qualify as rape in France, like it does in other countries.
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The Burkini, The Veil, The Niqab: What French Law Says
Burkinis banned on dozens of beaches, no veils in schools, no niqabs in the neighbourhood: in staunchly secular France, the law imposes an array of restrictions on anything denoting religious affiliation.
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France to Pass Law to Ease End-of-Life Suffering
French lawmakers were today expected to vote overwhelmingly in favour of a law that would allow medics to place terminally ill patients into a deep sleep until they die.
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Uber Files Second Complaint Against French Law
Uber has filed a second complaint to the European Commission against a French law that the online taxi-booking service says favours regular taxis at its expense, the company said on Tuesday.
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French women wear veils in public to protest ban
Several women protested in veils in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, denouncing France's new ban on Islamic face veils or naqabs.Two women wearing the naqab, which has just a slit for the eyes, claimed the ban is an affront to their freedom of expression and religion."This is an attack on my freedom of conscience, my freedom of religion, my fr...
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A 28-Year-Old Had Sex With An 11-Year-Old; Under French Law, It's Not Necessarily Rape
Under French law, an act can qualify as rape only if there is violence or a threat of violence during a sexual act. Though the age of consent is 15, sex with a minor does not automatically qualify as rape in France, like it does in other countries.
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The Burkini, The Veil, The Niqab: What French Law Says
Burkinis banned on dozens of beaches, no veils in schools, no niqabs in the neighbourhood: in staunchly secular France, the law imposes an array of restrictions on anything denoting religious affiliation.
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France to Pass Law to Ease End-of-Life Suffering
French lawmakers were today expected to vote overwhelmingly in favour of a law that would allow medics to place terminally ill patients into a deep sleep until they die.
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Uber Files Second Complaint Against French Law
Uber has filed a second complaint to the European Commission against a French law that the online taxi-booking service says favours regular taxis at its expense, the company said on Tuesday.
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French women wear veils in public to protest ban
Several women protested in veils in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, denouncing France's new ban on Islamic face veils or naqabs.Two women wearing the naqab, which has just a slit for the eyes, claimed the ban is an affront to their freedom of expression and religion."This is an attack on my freedom of conscience, my freedom of religion, my fr...
