Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK
Alliance of groups wants Council of Europe to investigate implementation of supreme court ruling on biological sex A collection of groups campaigning on transgender issues...
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Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking
Police found 57 people allegedly held in fetid conditons in case known as ‘grape harvest of shame’ Three employees of a firm that provided workers...
Echoes of Brexit as Starmer is pressed to seize initiative on human rights | Jessica Elgot
Labour MPs fighting Reform want action and a European renegotiation looks unappealing. How would the PM sell a third way? Mahmood says UK will seek...
German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity
Alaa Mousa was accused of torturing detainees at military hospitals during Syrian civil war, under former ruler Bashar al-Assad A German court has sentenced a...
Convention on human rights must adapt, says Council of Europe head
Alain Berset acknowledged growing criticism of the 75-year-old treaty, but said any changes must also respect ‘our core values’ The European convention on human rights...
Israel’s ‘violations’ in Gaza make world more dangerous, Norway warns
Low respect for international law and human rights set worrying precedent, international development minister says Israel is setting a dangerous precedent for international human rights...
Council of Europe chief warns against politicising court of human rights
Alain Berset says no judiciary should face political pressure after nine countries make intervention over migration Europe’s leading human rights body has criticised nine governments...
Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled in global operation
Arrest warrants issued for ringleaders after investigation by police in Europe and North America European and North American cybercrime investigators say they have dismantled the...
UK faces legal challenge over asylum seekers’ deportations to Bulgaria
Deportees face inhumane treatment and torture, say lawyers contesting Labour’s migration policy The UK government’s migration plans are facing an imminent challenge this week, with...
Italy one of five ‘dismantlers’ causing ‘democratic recession’ in Europe, report says
Civil liberties report warns that Italy along with Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia intentionally undermining rule of law ‘in nearly all aspects’ Italy’s government has...
