Anti-torture panel at human rights watchdog calls practice 'degrading'
(NEWSER) - Germany doesn't mess around when it comes to sex offenders—serious offenders can volunteer to be surgically castrated—but now an anti-torture committee says the country should put an end to that practice, Reuters reports. The panel at the Strasbourg Council, Europe's top human rights watchdog, called the practice "degrading" today, and added that there is no evidence it prevents men from committing sex crimes again. More»
