The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Merkel raises human rights on China trip Chancellor Angela Merkel raised the issue of human rights publicly in China on Tuesday, invoking the fall of the Berlin Wall and telling students their country needed "free dialogue". https://www.thelocal.de/20140708/merkel-raises-human-rights-on-china-trip Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:37:00 +0200 merkel-raises-human-rights-on-china-trip Tongues wagging over 'torture' sheikh's Bavarian second home The picturesque Bavarian town of Dietramzell gained unwanted attention this month as the second home of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan – recently exposed on tape viciously torturing a man. The Local spoke with Mayor Leni Gröbmaier. https://www.thelocal.de/20090512/19223 Tue, 12 May 2009 14:23:00 +0200 19223 German student missing after secret police arrest in Cairo A German-Egyptian blogger and student engaged in pro-Palestinian political activity is missing after being arrested by Egyptian police in Cairo, a spokesperson from the Foreign Ministry confirmed late on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090210/17329 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:40:00 +0100 17329 German human rights activist thrown out of Colombia A German human rights activist has provoked the ire of Colombia’s president Alvaro Uribe, who has accused her of instigating violence and called for her to be jailed. https://www.thelocal.de/20081019/15001 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:03:00 +0200 15001 Chinese embassy in Berlin hit by protests One day before the start of the Olympics in Beijing, over a hundred protestors gathered in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin on Thursday to demonstrate for human rights. https://www.thelocal.de/20080807/13551 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:17:00 +0200 13551