The deportation of a criminal to Zimbabwe has been stopped by the Supreme Court amid concerns his life would be shortened by HIV. Five justices unanimously ruled the case must be reconsidered in full by […]
Two nurses denied jobs as midwives in Sweden because of their refusal to perform abortions have lost their legal action against Sweden at the European Court of Human Rights. Swedish-born Ellinor Grimmark and Linda Steen […]
A British teenager has been given a four-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of lying about gang-rape in Cyprus. The 19-year-old hugged her family and left court weeping after she was sentenced for public […]
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s block on accessing Wikipedia is unconstitutional. The court said the ban violated rights concerning freedom of expression, and ordered it be lifted. The Turkish government barred the […]
A case involving a Christian bakery, which refused to make a cake with a slogan supporting same-sex marriage, has been referred to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Gareth Lee tried but failed to […]
Protesters have lost a legal fight against pre-emptive arrests made when some of them dressed as zombies during 2011’s royal wedding. The nine demonstrators were held in London until after the Duke and Duchess of […]
The Supreme Court has rejected a government appeal against a human rights ruling won by people who claimed their lives were blighted by past minor criminal convictions. The judges found a revised criminal records disclosure […]
European judges have ruled that Lithuania and Romania violated the rights of two al-Qaeda terror suspects by allowing the CIA to torture them. The US captured Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri after the September […]
The parents of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans are to ask the Supreme Court to consider an appeal on ending his life support for a second time. On Monday the Court of Appeal refused to overrule […]
The UK Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the parents of sick baby Charlie Gard, over plans to take him to the US for treatment. Chris Gard and Connie Yates want the 10-month old, […]
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