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Montevideo (Uruguay), Nov 9 (EFE).- Uruguay has approved a new law that regulates the use of transparent masks, which allow lipreading, in a bid to help people who have hearing problems to communicate. FOOTAGE OF MONTEVIDEO AND PEOPLE WEARING FACE MASKS.
Montevideo, May 14 (EFE) .- Hundreds of Uruguayans crowded the outside of the Legislative Palace on thursday to protest against the government despite isolations being recommended and many countries carrying out mandatory quarantine to curbe the coronavirus pandemic. Social organizations called to demonstrate against the Urgent Consideration Law (LUC), a package of more than 500 articles that include health, education, housing, security measures, and which was the government's flagship during the electoral campaign.The LUC is a mechanism in the Uruguayan Constitution that allows Executive Power to send a bill that it considers must be treated urgently and each chamber has 45 days to do so. (Camera: SANTIAGO CARBONE / RAUL MARTINEZ)FOOTAGE SHOWS PROTESTS IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY.
Rwanda jails the main leader of the opposition for treason and denying the genocide which scourged the country in the 1990s. Next, there are urgent calls for a reform of South Sudan's use of the death penalty as activists warn justice is not being served. Finally, China's manufacturers begin gravitating towards Africa as the low production costs become an irresistible draw.
Tens of thousands of people protest in the streets of Georgian capital Tbilisi against a "foreign influence" bill likened to Russian laws silencing dissent. Demonstrators partially block car traffic on Heroes' Square, home to a monument honoring Georgian soldiers that died at war. The Black Sea Caucasus nation has been gripped by mass anti-government protests since April 9, after the ruling Georgian Dream party reintroduced the bill that critics see as repressive. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people rally in Georgia against a controversial "foreign influence" bill after parliament advanced the measure denounced by Brussels as detrimental to Tbilisi's long-standing European aspirations. Waving Georgian and European Union flags, demonstrators gathered outside parliament after lawmakers passed the bill in a second reading. IMAGES
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