Brussels, 09/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 8 March, International Women's Day (see other article and EUROPE 9147), French Green Hélène Flautre, Chair of the Human Rights Sub-committee at the European Parliament, pointed out in a press release that violence against women often went unpunished. The MEP warned that “these criticisms are not only addressed to third countries”. She also drew on a report by Amnesty International, which showed that in France “prison sentences and fines are...