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Liberty News
Huffing and Puffing Over Prisoner Votes
In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Scoppola v. Italy (n° 3) (application no. 126/05), which is final, the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority, that there had been no violation of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 (right to free elections) to the European Convention on Human...
Liberty intervenes in European Court case over French ‘burqa ban’
Today Liberty announced it is intervening in the European Court of Human Rights case concerning the criminalisation of face coverings in France.
The so-called ‘burqa ban’ – which came into force last year – outlaws French...
Blind Justice
Here in the UK it’s a fundamental constitutional principle that no-one is above the law – including the Government. But as feared last week’s Queen’s Speech featured the ironically-titled Justice and Security Bill, which seeks to change all that. This is no longer just a Green Paper. We need your support for our For Their Eyes Only campaign more than ever.
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