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Nigel Farage's deportation plans aren't just cruel – they would be a disaster

AT an airport in Oxfordshire, Nigel Farage grins while pointing at a giant mock departure board illustrating his plans to deport “illegal…

The National (Scotland)

Why Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ migrant deportation plans don’t add up

NEWS ANALYSIS: Nigel Farage claims he would deport 600,000 asylum seekers in the first term of a Reform government and ramp up detentions of those who come here illegally. But the numbers don’t quite add up, as Alicja Hagopian and Millie Cooke report

The Independent UK

Voices: It’s time for Starmer to expose Farage’s snake oil on immigration

COMMENT: Nigel Farage and Reform UK have gone conveniently silent on Brexit while decrying small boats and asylum seekers – Keir Starmer needs to take significant measures to expose the reality of what they’re selling, while convincing the public that Labour is on course to do better, writes Andrew Grice

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Dining across the divide: ‘I was really hardline about immigration – but her struggles softened me a bit’

Illegal immigration and the climate crisis were hotly debated by the novelist and the former tram driver. But did they end up on the same track?

The Guardian - UK

Britain felt like a safer place to be trans in the nineties, says UK’s first transgender judge

Giving her first interview since she began the process of taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights, Dr McCloud tells Millie Cooke she no longer sees the UK as a ‘safe place’ for trans people

The Independent UK

Jack Straw urges Labour not to panic about threat of Nigel Farage

Former home secretary praises Keir Starmer’s success on world stage and says PM can win over sceptical UK public

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives not close to recognising ‘how badly placed they are’, says Gauke

Former minister says Tories are ignoring heartland voters and risk losing ground to Reform in next election

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on attacking the ECHR: the real target is judicial independence and the rule of law

Editorial: The populist right sees the European convention as a soft target in a longer campaign to degrade democratic checks and balances

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Will Labour’s new migrant controls stop the boats… or encourage Nigel Farage?

COMMENT: As home secretary Yvette Cooper announces £100m to pay for more border officers and new surveillance technology, among a raft of key measures, Sean O'Grady admits that there is no silver bullet to stop illegal immigration – and that slow, unshowy progress risks playing into Reform UK’s hands

The Independent UK

How the UK could reform the European convention on human rights

Whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has been a debate in UK politics for years. Conservatives have long accused the convention of interfering with government policy on migration and criminal justice, and have debated repealing the Human Rights Act 1998 (which enshrines the convention…

The Conversation

Voices: With her Tory reshuffle, what is Kemi Badenoch really up to?

COMMENT: To prop up her team, the Conservatives’ vulnerable leader had little choice but to ‘hug’ one of her previous rivals close – and she was right to keep Robert Jenrick at arm’s length, argues John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Athlete Caster Semenya wins human rights fight over sex eligibility

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The Independent UK

Caster Semenya declares victory after ECHR rules she was denied fair hearing

Semenya said she had been “waiting 15 years” for this judgement.

The Independent UK

Caster Semenya wins ECHR appeal as sex eligibility case set to return to court

The 34-year-old has been unable to compete in her favoured 800 metres event since 2019

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European Court To Rule In Semenya Sports Gender Case

A top European court will decide Thursday whether double Olympic champion Caster Semenya can be required to lower her testosterone levels to compete as a woman, in a key decision on contested gender testing.

Radio France Internationale

Rights court says Olympic runner Semenya did not get fair trial in gender case

A top European court Thursday said a Swiss court did not give double Olympic champion Caster Semenya a fair trial in a much-awaited appeals ruling over contested gender testing.

The Independent UK

European court finds Russian responsible for international law violations. Here’s the key takeaways

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered damning judgments against Russia

International Business Times

Top European Rights Court Finds Russia Committed Abuses In Ukraine

A top European court on Wednesday ruled Russia committed a string of human rights violations in backing anti-Kyiv separatists in eastern Ukraine from 2014, in the downing of the MH17 flight that year and in invading Ukraine in 2022.

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The Independent UK

Landmark ruling made over Russia’s responsibility for downing flight MH17

Europe’s top human rights court is the first international court to rule over Russia’s responsibility for downing flight MH17 and for their actions in the conflict in Ukraine

The Independent UK

European court finds Russia responsible for human rights abuses during Ukraine invasion

Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Wednesday on Russia’s actions in the conflict in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule on cases against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine

Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Wednesday on Russia’s actions in the conflict in Ukraine, including human rights violations during the full-scale invasion and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

International Business Times

Europe Rights Court Condemns France Over Police Racial Profiling

Europe's top rights court on Thursday condemned France over "discriminatory treatment" against a Frenchman who accused his country's police of racial profiling.

Radio France Internationale

French state ordered to pay man over discriminatory police ID check

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found France guilty of discrimination over a police identity check in 2011, ruling in favour of a French citizen of North African origin who was stopped three times in 10 days without clear justification.

The Guardian - UK

Echoes of Brexit as Starmer is pressed to seize initiative on human rights

Labour MPs fighting Reform want action and a European renegotiation looks unappealing. How would the PM sell a third way?

Evening Standard

ECHR must be reformed to restore ‘fraying’ public confidence – Lord Chancellor

Shabana Mahmood told the Council of Europe in a speech in Strasbourg the ECHR ‘must evolve’ to respond to new realities.

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