EU Raps Countries Complicit With CIA Torture
Romania and Lithuania must pay more than $100,000 to two men who were tortured at CIA black sites that the countries hosted, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.
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EU Court: Blog’s Nazi Photo Was Clickbait, Not Free Speech
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday rejected a German man’s free-speech case, finding his inclusion of a photo of Hitler henchman Heinrich Himmler in full Nazi regalia in a blog post was more clickbait and less about making a political statement.
Read moreEU Rights Court Finds Limit in Right to Go Pro Se
A disbarred lawyer who was ordered to hire a lawyer in criminal proceedings rather than being allowed to represent himself did not suffer infringement of his right to a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday.
Read moreEU Court Backs Kids’ Removal From Religious Communes
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday endorsed a move by German authorities to place children of members of the Twelve Tribes commune in foster care after news outlets reported the parents punish their children by caning.
Read moreBurning King’s Photo Is Free Speech, EU Court Tells Spain
Spain’s criminal conviction of two men who burned a photograph of the Spanish royal couple during a protest of an official visit by the king violated the men’s right to free expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
Read moreConviction Over Protest Stunt Passes Rights Court Muster
A Ukrainian teen who cooked breakfast on the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kiev to protest wasting natural resources was improperly detained but her arrest and conviction didn’t violate her right to expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
Read moreEU Rights Court Blocks Fine Over Irreverent Clothing Ad
A fine over a cheeky ad campaign in Lithuania involving Jesus, Mary and haute couture violated the company’s right to free expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
Read moreStore’s Hidden Cameras Unfair to Cashiers, EU Court Says
A Spanish supermarket’s installation of secret surveillance cameras to combat employee theft violated cashiers’ right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
Read moreRights Court Sides With Italian Couples in Gay Marriage Debate
Italy’s refusal to legally recognize the marriages of same-sex couples married abroad violates the couples’ rights to respect for private and family life, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.
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Defamation Verdict Against Danish Reporters OK’d by EU Rights Court
Two Danish journalists found liable for defaming a cancer hospital in a TV program were given a fair shake by Denmark’s court system and the verdict against them was justified, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
Read moreEU Court Finds Greek Police Botched Wiretap Death Case
Greek officials did not adequately investigate the death of a telephone company executive found hanging in his apartment a day before lawmakers and the prime minister learned their cellphones had been tapped, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.
Read moreEU Blocks Egyptian Hijacker’s Extradition
The European Court of Human Rights has blocked Cypriot authorities from extraditing an Egyptian hijacker to his homeland until it can examine the case, the Cyprus Justice Ministry and the hijacker’s lawyer said Thursday.
Read moreEU Rights Court OKs Press Photo Limits in Murder Case
A German judge’s order barring photojournalists from showing the face of a young man on trial for the murders of his parents did not violate the reporters’ freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.
Read moreRights Court Tosses Fight Over Greece’s Political-Polling Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday tossed a challenge to a Greek ban on political polling 15 days before an election, finding voters aren’t harmed by the law.
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Warn Before You Snoop, Rights Court Tells EU Bosses
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday blasted Romania’s judiciary for its failure to protect the rights of a man who’d been fired for using the internet during work – a fact only discovered when the company monitored his email messages.
Read moreEU Rights Court Sidesteps Releasing Jailed Hunger Strikers
The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday declined to order the release of two Turkish citizens who were detained after going on a hunger strike to protest being fired from the jobs.
Read moreEU Court Rules Muslim Girls Must Attend Swim Class
A European court has rejected an appeal by a Turkish-born couple who were fined in Switzerland for keeping their daughters out of mixed-gender, mandatory public school swimming lessons for reasons linked to their Muslim faith.
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