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European Court Rejects Jailed Armenian Scholar's Appeal

EUROPEAN COURT REJECTS JAILED ARMENIAN SCHOLAR'S APPEAL Armenia Liberty (RFE) Nov 20 2009 Armenia -- Murad Bojolian, a scholar and former government official, pictured during his trial in 2002. 20.11.2009 Ruzanna Stepanian The...

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Poland: Catholics Propose Adding Cross to National Emblem

The recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Soile Lautsi, who was offended by crucifixes displayed in her child's school in Italy, states : The compulsory display of a symbol of a given confession in...

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COMMENTARY: The European Court of Human Rights - Out of step on conscientious objection

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (ECHR) has recently made a very dangerous judgement for freedom of religion or belief in the Bayatyan v. Armenia case which puts it out of step with the international standards...

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Charalambos Anthopoulos on crucifixes as cultural symbols | To Ethnos - Greece

The European Court of Human Rights ruled recently that crucifixes have no place in Italian classromms. In 1995 the German Federal Constitutional Court came to a similar decision regarding schools in Bavaria. Charalambos...

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Dalai Lama enters crucifix debate in Italy!

The Dalai Lama has rejected a decision by the European Court of Human Rights opposing the display of the crucifix in school classrooms in officially secular Italy, saying it is important to maintain traditions.

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Man beaten by sheikh sues Swiss

Mr Orsi says his rights were infringed when Sheikh al-Nahyan was acquitted A man who claims he was whipped by a UAE sheikh is taking Switzerland to the European Court of Human Rights after Swiss courts acquitted his attacker....

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Council of Europe needs to "slim down"

The Council of Europe, which is marking its 60th anniversary this year, must concentrate on its key mission of human rights if it is to survive, a Swiss expert says. It has already stated that it wants to push for reform of the...

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EU: Urge Russia to Protect Activists

Source: Human Rights Watch (Moscow) - European leaders should use the upcoming EU-Russia summit to convey alarm over deteriorating human rights in Russia and to press for concrete improvements, Human Rights Watch said today. ...

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Delfi appeals to European Court of Human Rights over comments

Estonian online news and entertainment portal Delfi has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in its dispute with businessman Vjacheslav Leedo, writes Postimees. Leedo claimed damages for anonymous comments published...

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Les entraves au droit de recours individuel devant la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme

des entraves par la couredh, quelle effectivité ? / the conclusion to a violation of art. 34 ECHR, which impact? Corneliu Bîrsan , Juge à la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme ; Les réformes des codes pénitentiaires pour une...

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