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 […]
Updated: UK migrant flight to Rwanda grounded as European Court steps in
Updated: 10.45amLondon, UKReuters Britain’s first flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda did not take off as scheduled on Tuesday after the European human rights court issued last-minute injunctions to stop the deportation of the handful of migrants on board. The British government’s plan to send some migrants to the East African country has been […]
Victims seek definitive European ruling on Vatican immunity
Rome, ItalyAP Clergy abuse victims asked the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday to make a definitive ruling on whether the Holy See can continue to avoid being held liable for sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests by claiming state immunity. Lawyers for the victims asked the court’s Grand Chamber to hear the case, […]
European court declines to take pro-gay marriage cake case
London, UKAP A top European court declined Thursday to rule in a high-profile discrimination case centered on an activist’s request to have a cake decorated with the Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie and the words “Support Gay Marriage”. The European Court of Human Rights said the case was inadmissible because activist Gareth Lee had […]
European court urges Russia to tackle domestic violence
Moscow, RussiaAP A top European human rights court issued a ruling Tuesday urging Russia to introduce measures tackling domestic violence against women, which it said is happening on a “staggering scale” amid “systematic problems in securing prosecutions and convictions.” The European Court of Human Rights ruled in a case that four Russian women filed after […]
Europe court rejects case seeking to blame Vatican for abuse
Rome, ItalyAP A European court agreed Tuesday that the Vatican couldn’t be sued in a local court for sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests, affirming that it enjoys sovereign immunity and that the misconduct of priests and their superiors can’t be attributed to the Holy See. The European Court of Human Rights dismissed a case […]
Russia was behind Litvinenko assassination, European court finds
London, UKReuters The European Court of Human Rights found on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died an agonising death in 2006 after being poisoned in London with a rare radioactive substance. Litvinenko, a defector who had become a vocal critic of the Kremlin, died three weeks after drinking […]
Lithuania expels Afghanistan migrants despite European Court stand
Vilnius, LithuaniaReuters Lithuania on Thursday sent five Afghan migrants back to Belarus shortly after they had crossed the border despite the European Court of Human Rights earlier saying they should be allowed to stay. The migrants had tried to enter Lithuania unsuccessfully at least 10 times since 29th August, their lawyer said. Their case had […]
Illegal Serb church on Bosniak woman’s land is demolished
Sarajevo, Bosnia-HerzegovinaAP Bosnian authorities on Saturday demolished a Serbian Orthodox church that was illegally built on land owned by a Bosniak woman, a move that comes after a 20-year legal battle that saw the case reach the European Court of Human Rights. Workers and construction machinery arrived at Fata Orlovic’s yard in the village of […]