2 h. ago Rapping jihadi 'Masked Menace' could get compensation after human rights breach ruling

Sahayb Abu - jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years for plotting a lone wolf knife attack during - could be in line for a payout after a judge found he was left with PTSD having wrongly been segregated

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34 h. ago Londoner jailed for ISIS terror plot 'suffered human rights breaches in prison crackdown', judge rules

An Islamic extremist held in segregation in prison was treated unlawfully, a judge has ruled

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65 h. ago Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate

Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trialScotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limit intrusive cross-examination could be breaching men’s right to a fair trial.In a strongly worded statement, the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “I would like to make clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Supreme Court rules Scottish sex trial evidence rules could breach human rights

The UK Supreme Court has issued a judgment that, it has been warned, will have ‘a profound and distressing impact on survivors of sexual violence’

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8 d. ago Men with family stuck in Gaza say lack of action from UK government is a breach of human rights

Two fathers in UK who are separated from relatives enlist law firm to get government to act on promises made months agoThe British government is facing legal action over its lack of action to help evacuate families in Gaza after committing to do so months ago.Two families have argued that the government’s failure to act is unlawful and in breach of their family’s human rights. They are among a number of separated families to which the government has failed to keep its evacuation promise, according to the law firm Leigh Day, which is representing them. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Main suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance allowed to leave Germany, court rules

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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9 d. ago Court makes bombshell ruling in case of Madeleine McCann prime suspect

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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9 d. ago Prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case now free to leave Germany

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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