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Brexit: Boris Johnson warned he risks EU sanctions with assault on Human Rights Act

Measures are at heart of Queen’s Speech designed to show the UK is shaking off Brussels ‘fetters’ following Brexit

The Independent UK

Human Rights laws slowing action on abortion clinic buffer zones, FM says

Calls for buffer zones around abortion clinics in Scotland have intensified in recent weeks

The National (Scotland)

Turkish opposition vows to overturn sentences against Kavala, others

Turkish opposition leaders vowed to overturn jail sentences against philanthropist Osman Kavala and seven others convicted at the end of a case that lawyers said showed courts had become the government's "vehicle for revenge".

Reuters

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Timeline: Turkish court sentences Kavala to life imprisonment

Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala was jailed for life without parole on Monday on charges of trying to overthrow the government by financing protests, in a case that Europe's top court and Western powers say is politically motivated.

Reuters

Turkish philanthropist Kavala jailed for life, activists protest

Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala was jailed for life without parole on Monday after he was convicted of trying to overthrow the government by financing protests, in a case that Europe's top court and Western powers say is politically motivated.

Reuters

Turkish court sentences activist Osman Kavala to life in prison

Kavala, found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government, is a cause celebre for opponents of President Erdogan.

Al Jazeera

Turkish court set to rule in trial of philanthropist Kavala

A Turkish court is expected to reach a verdict in a hearing beginning on Friday in a long-running case against philanthropist Osman Kavala and 15 others that has strained Ankara's ties with Western allies.

Reuters

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Replacing Human Rights Act will weaken protections, say peers and MPs

Joint committee on human rights says plans contravene principle that human rights are universal

The Guardian - UK

How would those accused of Ukraine war crimes be prosecuted?

Even as the conflict in Ukraine rages, a vast apparatus is being built to gather and preserve evidence of potential violations of international laws of war that were written after World War II

The Independent UK

Turkey Court Extends Detention of Top Activist Osman Kavala

A Turkish court ordered leading activist Osman Kavala to remain in prison Monday, amid fresh calls for his release in the high-profile case that has drawn widespread rebuke. The 64-year-old philanthropist has been held without conviction since October 2017, accused of financing 2013 anti-government protests and playing a role in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rights court points to 'systemic dysfunction' in Polish judges' appointments

The European Court of Human Rights pointed on Thursday to a "systemic dysfunction in judicial appointments procedure in Poland", ruling that a company had been denied its right to a proper hearing due to how judges were appointed.

Reuters

Turkey Condemns Referring Kavala Case to ECHR as Interfering in Judiciary

A European human rights watchdog will refer the Turkish case against philanthropist Osman Kavala back to a top European court, Turkey's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, adding that the move amounted to interfering in its judiciary. Kavala, one of Turkey's highest-profile detainees, has been held for more than four years…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey condemns referring Kavala case to ECHR as interfering in judiciary

Reuters

Rights groups slam Royal Jet over Bahrain extradition flight

The Emirati airline flew Ahmed Jaffar Mohammed Ali from Serbia to Bahrain, where he faces torture, rights groups say.

Al Jazeera

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The Guardian - AU

Nara Walker: the Australian woman suing Iceland

Walker was convicted of assaulting her ex-husband in Reykjavík in 2017. Now she and eight other women are taking Iceland to court claiming human rights violations

Al Jazeera

Bahraini political dissident extradited from Serbia

Ahmed Jaffar Mohammed Ali was extradited despite an ECHR ruling he not be sent home pending further investigations.

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