Let us press on with UK migrant plan, Rwanda tells critics
Kigali, Rwanda Reuters Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s government said on Friday it would take as many migrants as Britain sends its way and urged “shouting” critics of the deportation plan to now let both nations proceed. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expects first flights to leave in 10 to 12 weeks after parliament passed legislation […]
British PM Sunak’s Rwanda scheme set to pass parliament but challenges await
London, UK Reuters The British parliament is set to finally approve a divisive law this week to pave the way for asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda, but further legal hurdles could yet hold up or derail one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s key policies. Sunak has invested huge political capital in the Rwanda […]
Swiss climate policy shortcomings violated human rights, top court rules
Strasbourg, France Reuters Europe’s top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change. The European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) decision on the case brought by more than 2,000 elderly Swiss women set a precedent that […]
UK’s Northern Ireland amnesty law in breach of human rights, court rules
Belfast, Northern Ireland Reuters Belfast’s High Court ruled on Wednesday that a law introduced by Britain to offer conditional amnesties to ex-soldiers and militants involved in the region’s decades of violence is in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights. The law, introduced last year to offer immunity from prosecution for those who cooperate […]
Ireland launches legal case against UK over Northern Ireland amnesty law
London, UK Reuters The European Court Of Human Rights said on Friday that Ireland had launched a legal challenge against Britain over a new law that gives conditional amnesties to former soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland. The law has been condemned by victims’ families, human-rights groups and all major […]
Lithuania broke human rights laws in case tied to CIA detention program, European court rules
Washington DC, US Reuters Lithuania broke European human rights laws by allowing the CIA to subject an alleged 9/11 suspect to “inhuman treatment” in a secret interrogation centre in the Baltic country, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the court said Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi […]
Youth vs Europe: “Unprecedented” climate trial unfolds at rights court
Reuters Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves went head-to-head with 32 European governments on Wednesday, alleging in court that their failure to act fast enough on climate change is a violation of their human rights. The case – filed in September, 2020, against the 27 EU member states as […]
UK brain-damaged boy at centre of hospital legal battle dies
London, UKReuters A 12-year-old British boy with brain damage at the centre of a legal battle over whether to continue his life support system died on Saturday after a hospital ended treatment, his family said. The parents of Archie Battersbee made unsuccessful appeals at Britain’s highest courts and the European Court of Human Rights against […]
European court refuses to intervene in case of British boy on life support
London, UK Reuters Europe’s human rights court on Wednesday refused a request from the parents of a 12-year-old British boy with brain damage to intervene in a decision to remove life support. The verdict from the European Court of Human Rights follows unsuccessful appeals by 12-year-old Archie Battersbee’s parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee at […]
Europe’s rights court orders UK to compensate human trafficking victims
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britain should pay €90,000 in compensation to two Vietnamese men who were convicted of drug crimes despite signs they had been trafficked as children and forced to work on cannabis farms, Europe’s top rights court ruled on Tuesday. The European Court of Human Rights said Britain had failed to protect potential […]