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June 10, 2016

Bahamas rejects gender equality referendum. On Tuesday, Bahamian voters overwhelmingly rejected four constitutional amendments that would have given women the right to confer citizenship to their children and spouses and would have elevated gender non-discrimination to the constitutional level. International groups had backed the amendments, hoping that their passage would encourage similar movements elsewhere.
Hungary expands government powers in case of 'terror threat.' On Tuesday, Hungary's parliament amended the country's constitution to conceive of a "terrorism state of emergency," in which the government can deploy the military domestically and curb assembly and speech for 15 days before needing parliamentary approval. Responding to international criticism that the new powers infringe on human rights, Prime Minister Viktor Orban blamed Western Europe for endangering Hungary via the migrant crisis, and asserted that other countries, such as France and the US, utilize even stricter policies.
Turkey removes lawmakers' immunity. On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave final approval to a constitutional amendment which allows his administration to pursue pending criminal charges against 138 lawmakers, many for allegedly insulting the president or supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The People's Democratic Party (HDP), which is Turkey's third-largest political party and has 50 of its 59 MPs facing charges, plans to file a complaint with the European Human Rights Court.
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