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The ongoing EU data protection reform also includes changes to better protect the rights of children online, MEPs stress. More than 80 % of the victims are under 10 years old.

Pakistan’s government should reverse its decision to lift its moratorium on the death penalty for all capital crimes and move toward abolition, Human Rights Watch said on 12 March. On March 10, 2015, government officials confirmed that the Ministry of Interior had instructed provincial governments to proceed with executions according to law.

Women in the sewing division of a factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Women constitute about 90 percent of the workforce in Cambodia’s garment industry.

The Burmese police should end their crackdown on student protests and investigate officers responsible for the use of excessive force against protesters.

Women discussion group in Tenedba-Eastern Sudan

MEPs will debate problems caused by gender inequality such as violence against women, the gender pay gap and the career glass ceiling at 17.00 on Monday. Their draft resolution, to be voted on Tuesday, calls for 10 days' paid paternity leave and recognition of a woman’s right to abortion and contraception.

The Spanish Senate should scrap a flawed draft law on public security that would undermine rights protections, Human Rights Watch said on 9 March. The bill, approved by the lower house of Parliament, includes provisions that infringe on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, unjustifiably penalize vulnerable groups, and violate international norms on asylum. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill on March 10, 2015.

The Ethiopian government has renewed efforts to silence independent voices abroad by using apparent foreign spyware, Human Rights Watch said on 9 March. The Ethiopian authorities should immediately cease digital attacks on journalists, while foreign surveillance technology sellers should investigate alleged abuses linked to their products.

Marc Tarabella (S&D, Belgium)