1 hour ago KEMI BADENOCH: How scandal of grooming gangs was the tipping point for me over the European human rights convention

KEMI BADENOCH:It is time for Britain to leave the European Convention on Human Rights. I have not taken this decision lightly.

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2 h. ago Kemi Badenoch vows to set UK free of European Convention on Human Rights 'straitjacket' in bid to regain control of Britain's borders

In what she admits is a 'big change' in party policy, the Tory leader says the move is necessary to regain control of Britain's borders and make Parliament sovereign once more.

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49 h. ago Only Keir Starmer KC can fix Britain’s broken migration laws

Editorial: The prime minister has staked his reputation on recognising that our relationship with the European Convention on Human Rights isn’t working. His unassailable record as a defender of those rights must be brought to full force to save our immigration system from itself

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61 h. ago Voices: Why Starmer’s ruthless attacks on Farage are the only way to beat Reform

Following his forthright conference speech, the prime minister’s announcement of a review into how the European Convention on Human Rights is used in asylum cases is the latest sign he is confronting Reform UK’s grievances head on, says David Aaronovitch

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63 h. ago Starmer warns courts MUST get tougher on asylum claims with threat of 'summary execution' a genuine reason but worse healthcare not enough

Keir Starmer said there was need to 'look again' at the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as other international treaties.

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4 d. ago Putin denounces European Convention for the Prevention of Torture after 'Europe blocked Russia's work'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A report due to be presented to the UN in a matter of weeks is said to detail horrific cases of torture and genital mutilation in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine

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4 d. ago Vladimir Putin denounces torture convention after 'Europe blocked Russia's work'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A report due to be presented to the UN in a matter of weeks is said to detail horrific cases of torture and genital mutilation in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine

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7 d. ago Badenoch expected to back ditching human rights convention after review

Exclusive: The Independent has seen draft conclusions for Lord Wolfson’s report to the Tory leader giving the basis for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights

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2 w. ago Newcastle vs Barcelona LIVE: Champions League result, match stream and latest updates today

Magpies mark return to Europe’s top table with a blockbuster clash at St James’ Park

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2 w. ago Newcastle vs Barcelona LIVE: Latest score, match stream and goal updates from Champions League

Magpies mark return to Europe’s top table with a blockbuster clash at St James’ Park

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2 w. ago Newcastle vs Barcelona LIVE: Champions League match stream, latest score and goal updates

Magpies mark return to Europe’s top table with a blockbuster clash at St James’ Park

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2 w. ago Newcastle vs Barcelona LIVE: Champions League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Magpies mark return to Europe’s top table with a blockbuster clash at St James’ Park

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2 w. ago UNHCR says that US and European governments increasingly undermine the global refugee convention

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world, especially that of the United States and countries in Europe, are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum seekers — even threatening its very existence

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2 w. ago KOLBASSIA HAOUSSOU: As a torture survivor, I can see danger Trump poses

Kolbassia Haoussou MBE, who fled persecution in his native Chad, has called on the UK to stand up to Donald Trump and not look the other way to prevent torture protections being chipped away

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2 w. ago Tories did ‘sod all’ on immigration reform, new Home Secretary tells Commons

Shabana Mahmood was accused of ‘tinkering around the edges’ over potential reform of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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3 w. ago Revealed: Keir Starmer edited manual on interpreting human rights laws that prevent Britain from deporting small boat migrants

The Prime Minister edited a guide on the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in 1999 when he was a human rights lawyer.

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3 w. ago Trump paid El Salvador $5M to jail deportees – with conditions on abortion and DEI but not preventing torture

Secret memos made public this week show Trump administration’s arrangement with Nayib Bukele to jail Venezuelans

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3 w. ago Restaurant set on fire in Paris during ‘Block Everything’ protest

Protesters took to the streets in a day of planned national demonstrations

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3 w. ago Bins set on fire and roads blocked as ‘Block Everything’ protests erupt across France

Bins were set on fire and traffic disrupted in the French capital as protesters took to the streets in a day of planned national demonstrations

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3 w. ago Labour will consider 'robust' changes to how Britain interprets European Convention on Human Rights, Attorney General Lord Hermer tells peers

Reform has said it will leave the Convention to make it easier to deport illegal migrants and the Conservatives are set to follow suit.

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