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Two days after his kidnapping, a video surfaced showcasing the masked militants threatening to execute their captives unless their demands for Iraqi women prisoners were not met. Despite intervention from the British government and the Muslim Council of Britain , Bigley was killed two weeks later, with his decapitation being recorded and posted ...
The economy of Belgium is a highly developed, high-income, mixed economy. [18] Belgium's economy has capitalised on the country's central geographic location, and has a well-developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base. Belgium was the first European country to join the Industrial Revolution in the
In 2011, 43.3% of employed women worked part-time, compared to only 9.2% of men. [21] There is also a strong segregation by field, and there are less women in Belgium working in STEM and engineering than the EU average. [21] The gender employment gap for highly educated women decreased to 7% in 2002, below the OECD average. [22]
Belgium prohibits all forms of trafficking through a 2005 amendment to its 1995 Act Containing Measures to Repress Trafficking in Persons. As amended, the law’s maximum prescribed penalties for all forms of trafficking – 30 years’ imprisonment – is sufficiently stringent and commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape.
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Footage shows the moments before two Swedish people were shot dead in Brussels on Monday night (16 October). In a video circulating on social media, people can be seen running for their lives as ...
Belgium was the first country in the world to introduce compulsory voting, in 1892 for men and 1949 for women. [5] Eligible voters who fail to cast a ballot "face a moderate fine or, if they fail to vote in at least four elections, they can lose the right to vote for 10 years." [5]