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All news on the topic: European Convention on Human Rights

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'Here's what Labour super-majorities have done for us'
Social security, gay rights, abortion, divorce, civil partnerships, the abolition of capital punishment... the list of what a massive Labour majority can achieve means it's something only the Tories are frightened of
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PM warns illegal migration is 'global emergency' as he touts G7 agreement
Rishi Sunak sought to talk tough on migration at the summit in Italy on Friday as he lags in the opinion polls and faces a threat from the right from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
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Assange misses court hearing that could decide extradition fate due to health
Assange has spent the last five years languishing in a British prison trying to avoid being extradited to the US where he faces charges of espionage after his website Wikileaks published a trove of classified information
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Inside covid care home scandal - Tory 'lies' and choice that killed thousands
ITV's Breathtaking exposes the sacrifices made by NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. As the number of people needing hospital care for the virus soared, hospital patients were discharged to care homes to free up vital beds, but this sparked deadly consequences among the elderly
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Tony Blair plotted to send asylum seekers to Africa 20 years before Rwanda plan
A previously-secret report written while Tony Blair was Prime Minister suggested deporting refugees to Turkey, Kenya and South Africa in the early 2000s
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Tory MP put under investigation by standards watchdog amid Partygate claims
Conservative MP Miriam Cates is facing a probe by Parliament's Commissioner for Standards into allegations she caused 'significant damage to the reputation' of the House of Commons
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'Rotten to the core Rwanda Bill is performative cruelty of dying Government'
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas says Rishi Sunak's desperate bid to push through the Rwanda plan in spite of a Supreme Court ruling that it is illegal represents a 'grim slide into authoritarianism'
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Suella Braverman warns Tories 'face electoral oblivion' in ultimatum to Sunak
In words that many will seen as a challenge to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s leadership, ex-Home Secretary Suella Braverman told MPs she would not 'sit by and allow us to fail'
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'Suella Braverman's mad plan proves any fool can be a dictator'
The former Home Secretary wants to end the rule of law, says Fleet Street Fox. Fascism has become an equal opportunities infection
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'Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan is a disaster for all women - this is just the start'
Rishi Sunak has faced his biggest blow yet as Prime Minister after the Supreme Court ruled his Rwanda scheme unlawful. His sinister plans to save the illegal project should worry us all
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British Pro-Russian YouTuber fights for his frozen assets after Russia support
Graham Phillips is a British journalist and YouTuber who supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Should he be allowed to do so freely? A High Court case is currently battling the same question
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Tory crisis as 'half a dozen MPs to submit letters of no confidence in PM today'
The former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns said rebels could end up looking 'very stupid toppling another leader' but said the party has to 'bite the bullet now'
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Rishi Sunak faces Rwanda court D-Day as Suella Braverman loyalists attack him
On Wednesday the Supreme Court will deliver a final judgement on whether the Rwanda deportation scheme is legal amid calls from the Tory right for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
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Suella Braverman 'to go nuclear with Rishi Sunak' if Rwanda plan deemed illegal
Under-fire Home Secretary Suella Braverman is likely to demand the UK withdraws from the European Convention on Human Rights (EDHR) if the Rwanda scheme is deemed illegal by the Supreme Court
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'We must loudly support Human Rights Convention - or face disaster like Brexit'
Supporters of the European Convention on Human Rights must seize the moment and confront right-wing propaganda demanding the UK leaves it now - or risk a Brexit-style disaster, argues Kevin Maguire
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Asylum seeker with TB told to move onto migrant barge, as crossings hit 100,000
A doctor treating the tuberculosis patient warned of a 'public health catastrophe' as the Home Office came under pressure to explain why it's not managed to stop Channel crossings
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Tories threaten to pull out of human rights agreement like Russia and Belarus
Rishi Sunak will face accusations he is weak and unable to stand up to the hardliners in the Conservative Party if he withdraws the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights
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Child sex trafficker lives near UK school during extradition fight to dodge jail
After five years on the run, Thorsten Reisenauer was held at Heathrow in August last year when he was spotted arriving for a short trip to the UK. He has been staying in a flat near a secondary school
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Levi Bellfield starts legal action after bid to marry girlfriend in jail blocked
Serial killer Levi Bellfield, 54, is threatening a judicial review if his application to marry a mystery prison visitor isn't approved in a battle with Justice Secretary Dominic Raab
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"Beyond awful" - Lineker responds to Braverman after Tories' asylum seeker plan
Home secretary Suella Braverman has said a plan to prevent migrants using small boats to enter the UK is needed because the asylum system is being “overwhelmed”, with Lineker slamming the claims
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Expert gives brutal verdict on Sunak's anti-strike law as he faces court fight
One expert said the government could face 'legal challenge on a number of grounds', while another branded Rishi Sunak's crackdown on striking workers 'completely mad'