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Why outside experts are worried about the decline of LGBTI rights in the UK

Until recently, the UK was often praised as a global leader for protecting LGBTI people. Now, it is seen to be falling behind other nations.

The Conversation

Gypsy, Roma and Travellers suffer ‘persistent’ discrimination in UK

Council of Europe body finds ‘shocking’ levels of bullying in education system and threats to legal status and rights

The Guardian - UK

We are closer than ever to arresting Putin, but the US must play its part

This summer will be a crisis point for the Russian president, as demands for action intensify, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

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Slovakia on brink of blocking legal recognition for trans people

International human rights champions and LGBTQ+ campaigners appeal to MPs to vote against bill proposed by rightwingers

The Guardian - UK

European nations zoom in on establishing system to pinpoint how much damage Russia caused in Ukraine

Leaders from across Europe are putting the final touches on a system that should establish the damage Russia is causing during the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

European leaders must ‘stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes’, Sunak says

Rishi Sunak told the Council of Europe summit: ‘We will hold Russia accountable for the horrendous war crimes that have been committed.’

The Independent UK

Europe takes step towards making Russia pay for Ukraine war

Reykjavik (AFP) - A summit of a rights body spanning Europe on Tuesday created a "register of damages" to record Russia's destruction of Ukraine for future compensation, and heard Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plead for Western fighter jets.

AFP

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Cool response in Iceland as Rishi Sunak urges Europe’s leaders to back Rwanda plan

Prime minister uses summit address at Council of Europe in Reykjavik to talk of need to confront ‘illegal migration’

The Guardian - UK

Ursula von der Leyen steps up calls for tribunal for Russia’s ‘crime of aggression’

Speaking before Council of Europe summit, European Commission president says ‘accountability for Russia’ will be big topic

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s hope to make migration focus at European gathering dampened by host

Iceland’s foreign minister said other issues including Ukraine would be higher up on the agenda at the Council of Europe summit.

The Independent UK

Sunak warns world’s most vulnerable ‘paying the price’ for broken asylum system (cloned)

The Prime Minister will tell European leaders in Iceland that attempts to police human trafficking are ‘not working’.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says international system for policing human trafficking ‘not working’

World’s most vulnerable are ‘paying the price’ for the failure to prevent unlawful migration, Sunak says

The Independent UK

European leaders meeting in Iceland to count cost of Russia's war

Ways to hold Russia to account for its war against Ukraine, including keeping a tally of losses and damage inflicted by Moscow's forces, were the focus of talks as European leaders met in Iceland on Tuesday for a two-day summit.

Reuters

Sunak warns world’s most vulnerable ‘paying the price’ for broken asylum system

The Prime Minister will tell European leaders in Iceland that attempts to police human trafficking are ‘not working’.

The Independent UK

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What is Europe Day and how is it being celebrated?

The special day was established many decades ago

The Independent UK

Government defends under-fire Illegal Migration Bill

The proposed legislation has been criticised by both the Council of Europe and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

The Guardian - UK

Refugees subject to widespread physical ill-treatment, Council of Europe finds

Human rights body says European states are increasingly resorting to illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers

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