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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a British ban on parent and children-in-law marriages violated rights guaranteed by Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights . A man...

UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke told the European Parliament Wednesday that it may be necessary for EU member states to accept an erosion of some civil liberties in order to protect their countries from organized...

Russia has demanded the extradition from the United States of Leonid Nevzlin , a former Yukos executive and majority shareholder accused of ordering murders. Nevzlin now lives in exile in Israel, but was in...

Ocalan v. Turkey, Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, May 12, 2005 ....

The appellate body of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that the Turkish trial of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan was unfair , stating that Ocalan was not...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Russia was guilty of serious abuses against Chechen civilians during its military campaign against rebel forces in the region. Six Chechens brought claims of torture and abuse against...

Britain's House of Commons will vote Wednesday on legislation that will allow the UK to place terror suspects under house arrest without trial. Under the Prevention on Terrorism Bill , which was published Tuesday , terror...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that two British activists found guilty in the UK of libel against fast food chain McDonald's did not have a fair trial and were deprived of their...

Lawyers representing UK terror suspects detained by authorities in Broadmoor high security hospital and Belmarsh prison have filed a case with the European Court of Human Rights , arguing that Britain's derogation from the European Convention on Human...