31 h. ago Suella Braverman’s journey from Tory right torchbearer to party defector

The former home secretary has courted controversy.

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6 d. ago MPs vote to remove conditional immunity for Troubles’ crimes from Legacy Act

The High Court in Belfast ruled parts of the Act were incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in 2024.

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3 w. ago Labour's stance on Shamima Begum legal challenge spelled out in update by Shabana Mahmood

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told MPs that the Government will 'robustly defend' the decision to strip former ISIS bride Shamima Begum of her UK citizenship

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3 w. ago Shamima Begum must never be allowed to return to Britain, Tories warn

The European Court of Human Rights this week formally asked the Home Officewhether it broke human rights and anti-trafficking laws - after Begum was stripped of her UK citizenship.

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3 w. ago DANIEL HANNAN: If European human rights judges insist on siding with Shamima Begum, they'll all end up being swept away

Are they actively trying to push us out? Is the European Court of Human Rights secretly trying to undermine the whole concept of international law?

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3 w. ago Mahmood ready to ‘robustly defend’ Begum citizenship decision to European judges

The European Court of Human Rights has demanded answers from Britain over the decision.

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3 w. ago European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship

Begum’s lawyers argue she was child trafficking victim when she travelled to live under IS in Syria in 2015The European court of human rights has questioned the UK government over its 2019 decision to remove Shamima Begum’s British citizenship.Lawyers in Europe have asked how Begum’s treatment complies with the UK’s responsibilities to victims of trafficking. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Top European court demands answers from UK over stripping of Shamima Begum’s citizenship

European Court of Human Rights has asked the Home Office about the decision, after she travelled to join Islamic State as a teenager

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3 w. ago European court presses UK over revoking Shamima Begum’s citizenship

The European Court of Human Rights has demanded answers in relation to state responsibilities for victims of trafficking.

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3 w. ago Shamima Begum given renewed hope of returning to Britain as European judges challenge government on decision to strip ISIS bride of citizenship

The European Court of Human Rights has formally asked the Home Officewhether it broke human rights and anti-trafficking laws - which is Shamima Begum's main legal argument.

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3 w. ago ‘Gender recognition certificates still important despite Supreme Court ruling’

A Supreme Court ruled that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the 2010 Equality Act ‘refer to a biological woman and biological sex’.

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3 w. ago ISIS bride Shamima Begum has bid to return to UK revived with help of European human rights judges

IS bride Shamima Begum has had her bid to return to the UK revived — with the help of Euro judges. The European Court of Human Rights has formally challenged Britain’s decision to strip her of her citizenship in 2019. Begum, from Bethnal Green, East London, ran off to Syria to join IS aged 15...

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