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Quito, Sep 28 (EFE).- Latin America commemorated International Safe Abortion Day on Tuesday amid battles taking place in courts, across governmental bodies and on the streets.In the region, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana and four Mexican territories have decriminalized abortion.However, in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru, abortion is illegal except in cases such as rape, fetal abnormalities incompatible with life or risk to the life of the mother. (Camera: JOSE JACOME).SHOT LIST: A PRO-ABORTION DEMONSTRATION IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
Protesters rally outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem to demand the return of hostages taken by Hamas. Around 1,400 people, mainly civilians, have been killed in Israel in Hamas’s unprecedented attack and more than 240 have been taken hostage, according to Israeli officials. Since then, Israel has relentlessly bombarded Gaza and sent in ground troops in an assault the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory says has killed more than 10,000 people, mostly women and children. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gather outside the Qatari embassy in London to demand the release of the 230 hostages held in Gaza by Hamas following its surprise attack on Israel on October 7. In addition to the hostages, Israeli officials say some 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack, making it the deadliest in Israel's history. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says the retaliatory Israeli bombardment has killed more than 8,000 people, mainly civilians and half of them children. IMAGES
Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES
Supporters of Peruvian former President Pedro Castillo demonstrate to demand his release outside the police dependence DIROES in Lima, where Castillo is being detained. Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, accused of rebellion and conspiracy, will remain in prison until Thursday hearing, while protests that have left seven dead and 200 injured continue. IMAGES