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How Raab is considering a Bill of Rights to force through Rwanda flights

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up by the Council of Europe, an organisation which Winston Churchill was instrumental in founding.

The Independent UK

Malta activists protest, seek to decriminalize abortion

Abortion rights activists have filed a legal protest in Malta’s courts demanding the legalization of abortion

The Independent UK

UK withdrawal from ECHR would leave 'gaping hole' in Scotland Act

THE UK withdrawing from Europe’s framework on human rights would leave a “gaping hole” in Scotland’s legislation and increase pressure…

The National (Scotland)

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Rwanda flight: ECHR asylum seekers decision meaning - and what happens next

Priti Patel is giving a statement to Parliament on the Rwanda flight after the European Court of Human Rights grounded a plane carrying asylum seekers. We explain what's going on, the ECHR and what's next

Daily Mirror

What is the ECHR and how did it intervene in UK’s Rwanda flight plans?

International court that grounded deportation flight was established in 1959 to stop human rights abuses

The Guardian - UK

What is the European Court of Human Rights? Key questions as Rwanda flight grounded

Deportation flight was scheduled to depart UK on Tuesday night

The Independent UK

Key questions as European Court of Human Rights grounds first Rwanda flight

The plane was scheduled to depart the UK on Tuesday night.

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Council of Europe rebukes UK over Troubles immunity plan

Body criticises plan to grant conditional immunity to people accused of murder in Northern Ireland conflict

The Guardian - UK

Thirty years of Maastricht overshadowed by the war in Ukraine

Early in May 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of a new type of political community that would enable countries outside the EU sign-up to "European core values”.

Radio France Internationale

Russian parliament votes to exit European Court of Human Rights

The Russian State Duma on Tuesday passed a pair of bills ending the European Court of Human Rights’ jurisdiction in Russia, after Russia announced plans to exit the court amid the conflict in Ukraine.

Reuters

Taoiseach to unveil a bust of former SDLP leader John Hume at European Parliament

The bust of the Nobel laureate, a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement, marks his contribution during his 25 years as an MEP

Belfast Live

Saint-Denis convention undermined by chaos at Champions League final

The irony of France’s public commitment to safety through the Saint-Denis convention will not be lost on anyone affected by the shambolic organisation in Paris at the Champions League final

The Guardian - UK

Explaining why Liverpool fans were treated disgracefully during Champions League chaos

The poor policing of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris on Saturday was the result of a combination of factors that have little to do with football

Daily Mirror

Europe court condemns Turkey over Amnesty activist's 'unlawful' detention

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey over the arrest in 2017 of the head of the Turkish branch of rights group Amnesty International, ruling his detention was unlawful.

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The Independent UK

Human rights expert urges Home Secretary not to extradite Julian Assange

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights warned that extradition would have a ‘chilling effect’ on media freedom.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco Signs Budapest Convention To Fight Cybercrime

Moroccan Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi signed Thursday in Strasbourg the 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. The protocol was signed by dozens of countries on the sidelines of a two-day international conference on enhanced cooperation and disclosure of electronic evidence, held at the Council of Europe…

Reuters

Kosovo hopes to join Council of Europe after Russia’s exit

Kosovo government said on Thursday it will apply for membership at the European rights watchdog the Council of Europe, seizing an opportunity after Russia quit the body in mid-March.

The Independent UK

Turkish court gives philanthropist Kavala life in prison

A Turkish Court has sentenced prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison without parole

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish Court Gives Philanthropist Kavala Life in Prison

A Turkish Court on Monday sentenced prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison without parole, finding him guilty of attempting to overthrow the government in connection with the 2013 mass anti-government protests. The court in Istanbul also sentenced seven other defendants to 18 years…

Salon

Sanctions won't stop Putin — this might

All along, Putin has counted on the fact that Europe needs Russian gas. But that's also his Achilles heel

The Guardian - UK

Russian soldiers raping and sexually assaulting women, says Ukraine MP

Maria Mezentseva said Ukraine will ‘not be silent’ about the attacks, which are considered war crimes

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Ukraine urges China to condemn Russia

Ukraine news from March 19: Ukraine calls on China to join western countries in condemning ‘Russian barbarism’.

Radio France Internationale

'Ruxit' as Russia leaves Council of Europe rights group over Ukraine invasion

Russia has ceased to be a member of the Council of Europe after over a quarter of a century of membership in the pan-European rights body.

The Independent UK

Council of Europe expels Russia from human rights body

The Council of Europe has expelled Russia from the continent’s foremost human rights body in an unprecedented move over its invasion and war in Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Quits Council of Europe Rights Watchdog

Russia on Tuesday quit the Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights watchdog, preempting likely expulsion over its attack on its neighbor Ukraine. That made Russia only the second country to leave the pan-European group, whose brief is to uphold human rights and the rule of law, since it…

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