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Mexico gives special Visa to migrants

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Mexico is looking forward for a new Government, leading by Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The Government is planning to give special Visa permit to the migrants. The National Immigration Institute (INM) said that 969 migrants from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua crossed into Ciudad Hidalgo. They were allowed after giving identification bracelets by Mexican officials.

The special Visa gives permission to the migrants from Guatemala for residing in Mexico for one year. Corresponding changes will be done in the existing Visa rules. The identification bracelets given by Mexican officials will be used to identify the migrants, for the Visa. The officials said that these migrants will be allowed all benefits from the Government.

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The Austrian gay policeman wins long fight for justice

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Austria must give compensation to an ex-policeman who was dismissed in 1976 for sexual indecency with two minor boys aged 14 and 15 . He had lost 25% of his police pension, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. The age of consent was 18 for male homosexuals at the time.

The man also got a three-month suspended jail term. Although the penalty was not challenged, the ECJ said that he was owed his lost pension, going back to December 2003. This case is a reminder that the anti-gay prejudice was rife in 1970’s. The Policeman had a service of 13 years before he got dismissed.

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Woman jailed for wounding 7-Eleven customers

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Evie Amati (26), who attacked two people with an axe in an Australian convenience store has been jailed. After entering the 7-Eleven store, Amati used the axe to strike a man in the face and a woman in the back of the head. Both victims suffered serious injuries. The attack happened in Sydney in January 2017. She tried for an attack at a third customer also, but he was not injured.

Amati had pleaded not guilty, arguing that her mental had declined before the time of the attack, but this was rejected by the court. She tried to claim that her mental health had declined since she started taking hormones to transition from male to female.

The victims to this case reported to the court that they thought
Amati had come from a costume party when she entered the store about 02:00 on 7 January last year. Jury rejected her lawyer’s argument that she was suffering from “mental derangement”. Amati will be eligible for parole in 2021.S

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