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Belarus stands alone as Europe’s last defender of the death penalty

Belarus is an outlier, as the last European state to maintain the death penalty. And, with a recent amendment, they’re doubling down.

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Analysis-Italy sharpens "guillotine" to cut Europe's slowest trials

Roberto Bachis, a 58-year-old Italian accountant, was acquitted of two charges of fraud in 2019 after 11 years of trials and investigations which ruined his health, his finances and his marriage.

Reuters

European court says Turkey not complying with Kavala ruling

Europe’s highest court says Turkey has failed to comply with its ruling that a prominent Turkish philanthropist be immediately released from jail

The Independent UK

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UK ‘backsliding on human rights’, Council of Europe official warns

Dominic Raab has insisted his new bill of rights will not weaken protections

The Independent UK

Senior Council of Europe official urges UK not to repeal Human Rights Act

Council’s commissioner for human rights says replacing act with British bill of rights would send ‘wrong signal’

The Guardian - UK

Russian-backed separatists say Morocco can speak with citizen sentenced to death alongside Britons

Brahim Saadoun was sentenced to death this month alongside British nationals Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner

The Independent UK

‘Unethical and racist’: Parliamentarians from across Europe hit out at Boris Johnson’s Rwanda plan

UK breaches of international rules will be exploited by Russia, MPs warn

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What is the British Bill of Rights that would replace the Human Rights Act?

The government says the UK would remain committed to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Evening Standard

European court intervenes over fighter sentenced to death alongside British pair

It is not known if Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin have also made requests to the ECtHR.

The Independent UK

How Raab is considering a Bill of Rights to force through Rwanda flights

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up by the Council of Europe, an organisation which Winston Churchill was instrumental in founding.

The Independent UK

Malta activists protest, seek to decriminalize abortion

Abortion rights activists have filed a legal protest in Malta’s courts demanding the legalization of abortion

The Independent UK

UK withdrawal from ECHR would leave 'gaping hole' in Scotland Act

THE UK withdrawing from Europe’s framework on human rights would leave a “gaping hole” in Scotland’s legislation and increase pressure…

The National (Scotland)

Rwanda flight: ECHR asylum seekers decision meaning - and what happens next

Priti Patel is giving a statement to Parliament on the Rwanda flight after the European Court of Human Rights grounded a plane carrying asylum seekers. We explain what's going on, the ECHR and what's next

Daily Mirror

What is the ECHR and how did it intervene in UK’s Rwanda flight plans?

International court that grounded deportation flight was established in 1959 to stop human rights abuses

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The Independent UK

What is the European Court of Human Rights? Key questions as Rwanda flight grounded

Deportation flight was scheduled to depart UK on Tuesday night

The Independent UK

Key questions as European Court of Human Rights grounds first Rwanda flight

The plane was scheduled to depart the UK on Tuesday night.

The Guardian - UK

Council of Europe rebukes UK over Troubles immunity plan

Body criticises plan to grant conditional immunity to people accused of murder in Northern Ireland conflict

Radio France Internationale

Thirty years of Maastricht overshadowed by the war in Ukraine

Early in May 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of a new type of political community that would enable countries outside the EU sign-up to "European core values”.

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Reuters

Russian parliament votes to exit European Court of Human Rights

The Russian State Duma on Tuesday passed a pair of bills ending the European Court of Human Rights’ jurisdiction in Russia, after Russia announced plans to exit the court amid the conflict in Ukraine.

Belfast Live

Taoiseach to unveil a bust of former SDLP leader John Hume at European Parliament

The bust of the Nobel laureate, a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement, marks his contribution during his 25 years as an MEP

The Guardian - UK

Saint-Denis convention undermined by chaos at Champions League final

The irony of France’s public commitment to safety through the Saint-Denis convention will not be lost on anyone affected by the shambolic organisation in Paris at the Champions League final

Daily Mirror

Explaining why Liverpool fans were treated disgracefully during Champions League chaos

The poor policing of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris on Saturday was the result of a combination of factors that have little to do with football

The Independent UK

Human rights expert urges Home Secretary not to extradite Julian Assange

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights warned that extradition would have a ‘chilling effect’ on media freedom.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco Signs Budapest Convention To Fight Cybercrime

Moroccan Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi signed Thursday in Strasbourg the 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. The protocol was signed by dozens of countries on the sidelines of a two-day international conference on enhanced cooperation and disclosure of electronic evidence, held at the Council of Europe…

Reuters

Kosovo hopes to join Council of Europe after Russia’s exit

Kosovo government said on Thursday it will apply for membership at the European rights watchdog the Council of Europe, seizing an opportunity after Russia quit the body in mid-March.

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