Tag Archives: European Court of Human Rights

Africa: Asylum-Seekers and Migrants in Greece Hounded By Police Operations

press release Greece is seriously failing to respect the rights of asylum-seekers and migrants, Amnesty International warned in a briefing published today. Every year, tens of thousands of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Asia and Africa cross … read more »

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History’s Obscure Pages: The Plight of Russian Soldiers in Polish Captivity (II)

Nikolai MALISHEVSKI Part I Contrary to the claims circulating in the Polish media, mass executions of Russian prisoners of war in Poland in 1919-1920 are not a propaganda myth. One of the earlies accounts of the massacres can be found … read more »

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History’s Obscure Pages: The Plight of Russian Soldiers in Polish Captivity (I)

Nikolai MALISHEVSKI Last spring, the European Court of Human Rights issued a landmark decision that Russia was not guilty of the massacre of Polish soldiers and officers in Katyn. Apart from relatively minor aspects, Warsaw lost the case which was … read more »

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Qaeda ‘to free UK-SA man if cleric released’

Dubai – Al-Qaeda’s North African branch has offered to free a British hostage in return for the release of radical preacher Abu Qatada but warned London against handing him over to his native Jordan, a statement on an Islamist website … read more »

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US Secretary’s Remarks: Video Remarks at Conference for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC February 27, 2012 I am delighted to be able to send greetings to all of you – our future leaders, and I hope our future diplomats – and welcome you to the … read more »

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Nigerian man convicted of rape cannot be deported because it would ‘violate’ his right to family life

A Nigerian man convicted of rape has been allowed to stay in the UK following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights. The man, known only as AA, was allowed to stay after the court in Strasbourg said … read more »

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Naomi Campbell case ruling could end huge ‘win’ fees for lawyers

Landmark case: The lawyers in the Naomi Campbell privacy case should not have been able to collect huge bonuses the European Court of Human Rights has ruled The vast ‘success fees’ claimed by lawyers in some celebrity privacy cases break … read more »

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WikiLeaks: Julian Assange rape case ‘abuse’ of legal process and will fail, court told

The “rape” charges against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder are unfounded, based on a lack of evidence and would lead to his acquittal, a court has heard. The case against the Australian was an “abuse of process” and should be … read more »

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Assange’s Mom: Son Remains ‘True to Ideals’

In a 10-minute prison phone call to his mother, Julian Assange said that his “convictions are unfaltering” and that he remains “true to the ideals” of WikiLeaks’ work. “This circumstance shall not shake them,” Christine Assange quoted her jailed son … read more »

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