Members of Britain’s richest family get jail terms for exploiting Indian staff at Swiss mansion
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Prosecutors said the Hinduja family paid staff a pittance and gave them little freedom to leave the house. Read more at straitstimes.com.
  • Neon 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼🇮🇱 @lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    pretty sure that would be a massive breach of the Rechtsstaat(law state? rule-based state? constitutional state?) and even basic human rights.

    So no. Selective application of Rights is a really bad idea. That’s how you get fascism.

    • Peter1986C@lemmings.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      I think that rechtstaat/Rechtsstaat (both the German and Dutch variety of the word) are supposed to be translated into English as “rule of law”. But I could be wrong.