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Greek Orthodox Church protesting ECHR decision to ban crucifixes in schools
November 13, 2009
[JURIST] The Greek Orthodox Churck [church website] is urging Europeans to unite in protesting a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] decision [judgment, in French] to ban the crucifix from state schools, according to Thursday reports. The Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church,....... [more] 
Italy will not remove crucifix from public display: Berlusconi
November 7, 2009
[JURIST] Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday that Italy is not bound by last week's European Court of Human Rights (EHCR) [official website] ruling [judgment, in French; JURIST report] that displaying crucifixes in a public school classroom violates the European Convention on Human....... [more]
Europe rights court rules crucifixes in public schools violate Convention
November 4, 2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (EHCR) [official website] ruled [judgment, in French] Tuesday that displaying a crucifix in a public school classroom violates the European Convention on Human Rights [text, PDF]. The lawsuit was brought against Italy by Soile Lautsi, who claimed that disp....... [more]
Europe rights court rules Turkish authorities violated press freedom
October 22, 2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] ruled [judgment] Tuesday that Turkish authorities violated European human rights laws in shutting down four newspapers accused of publishing propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) [GlobalSecurity backgrounder]. The dail....... [more]
Europe rights court rules Russia illegally interfered with practice of Scientology
October 2, 2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] ruled Thursday that Russia intefered with the freedom of religion [judgment text] by refusing to register two Scientology groups as "religious organizations." Russian authorities had rejected attempts by Scientologist branches in....... [more]
Europe rights court again holds Russia liable for Chechnya disappearances
September 25, 2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] on Thursday ruled that Russia is liable [press release] for the disappearance of two Chechen civilians. In the cases of Akhmed Rezvanov and Ramzan Babushev [judgments], the ECHR found Russia responsible for the disappearances of t....... [more]
Europe rights court rules 2001 Italian G8 summit death probe inadequate
August 26, 2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights [official website] ruled [judgment text; press release] Tuesday that Italy was negligent in completing an accurate investigation of the death of a protester at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa [BBC backgrounder]. The court awarded â?¬40,000 to the family of Car....... [more]
Rights groups criticize Italy for deporting Tunisia national at risk of torture
August 6, 2009
[JURIST] Human rights advocates on Wednesday accused Italy of disregarding its obligations under past European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] judgments by deporting terror suspect Ali Ben Sassi Toumi to his native Tunisia. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called the deportation [HRW report]....... [more]
Europe rights court upholds Spain ban of Basque separatist parties
July 1, 2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] on Tuesday upheld [press release] Spain's ban of Basque political groups Batasuna [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and Herri Batasuna for their alleged ties to Basque separatist group ETA [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news ar....... [more]
Europe court finds Turkish government responsible for domestic violence killing
June 11, 2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] ruled [judgment text; press release] Wednesday that the Turkish government is responsible for the death of a woman at the hands of her ex-husband. The court found that in failing to prevent the woman's death, Turkey had violated h....... [more]
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