Finland convicts MP for hate speech over 2004 pamphlet supporting classic Christianity
Finland’s Supreme Court has found parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen guilty of “hate speech” relating to the expression of her beliefs on marriage and sexual…
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Strasbourg clears path for medically-assisted suicide in landmark case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected a last-minute request to suspend the euthanasia of Noelia, a 25-year-old woman from Barcelona, marking a decisive…
UPDATED: European court orders Slovenia to pay damages to magazine over Goebbels jibe
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Slovenia to pay more than €15,000 in costs and damages to leftist magazine Mladina.
Court gives muscle: Children must be protected from ideological coercion by the State
The recent judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States in Mahmoud v.
Swiss Supreme Court upholds rape conviction of ‘radical Islamist’ Tariq Ramadan
The Swiss Supreme Court in Lausanne has confirmed the conviction of former Oxford university professor and radical Muslim thought-leader Tariq Ramadan.
ECHR orders Poland to recognise same-sex partnerships
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Poland must provide legal recognition and protection for same-sex unions to meet the country's obligation…
Europe’s top human rights court rejects Georgescu’s Romanian election annulment challenge
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected Călin Georgescu’s bid to overturn the annulment of Romania’s November 2024 presidential election, declaring…
Council of Europe legal body casts doubt on Romanian election annulment
The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters, has raised concerns about the annulment of Romania's presidential elections…
ECHR upholds criminal conviction for malicious obstruction of traffic by unions
The European Court of Human Rights has unanimously upheld a Belgian court decision convicting the Belgian Socialist Union on a charge of blocking roads during a…
Assange was ‘political prisoner’, says Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
A few months after his release from prison, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has recognised Julian Assange as a political prisoner.
ECHR has given every prisoner the right to ‘change their sex’, legal think-tank claims
“Thanks to ECHR case law, the vast majority of European countries recognise ‘gender’ as a form of private identity that anyone can choose for oneself at their…
ECHR: Laws weakening encrypted communications breach human rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made a new landmark decision, ruling that laws that weaken data protection violate human rights.
Poland violated rights of woman who wanted abortion, ECHR rules
Poland violated the rights of a pregnant woman by interfering in her ability to get an abortion, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled.
Challenges to Poland’s abortion law rejected by European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on June 8 rejected a series of applications challenging legislation on the abolition of eugenic abortions in Poland, on…