Amanda #Knox (31) will return to Italy next month first time since being definitively cleared four years ago of brutal killing of her flat mate Meredith Kercher. The American citizen has agreed to take floor at criminal justice conference in Modena taking place June 13-15. The Italy Innocence Project didn't yet exist when I was wrongly…
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Italy keeps ‘jus soli’ for migrants children
Italian citizenship for immigrant children, known as ‘jus soli‘ (‘law of the soil’), “isn’t in the government’s contract” Premier Giuseppe Conte said, but added that he hoped for a “calm reflection” of the issue in “the appropriate fora“. https://twitter.com/ansa_english/status/1111703696398794752 Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio rejected the idea that the government would discuss jus soli. “It won’t be…
MEP: Catalan trials reminiscent of comrade Stalin ‘justice’
“The Calalan trials in Madrid are reminiscent of ‘Vishinky justice’ of comrade Stalin style dealing with his political opponents“, said Indrek Tarand, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Estonia, while commenting on the accusations of the Catalan politicians. MEP is definite about the status of all the Catalans accused at High Court in Madrid as ‘prisoners…
Migrants attack Salvini in ECHR
Illegal migrants who were refused by Italy for several days after being rescued in the Mediterranean (August 2018) have filed two legal petitions against their treatment a pro Deo lawyer representing their interest said. Diciotti migrants sue Italian leaders for damages https://t.co/JF6o9mWXAP pic.twitter.com/f62toiTzjb — The Local Italy (@TheLocalItaly) February 21, 2019 Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who…
Strasbourg judges order Italy to pay Knox
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Italy the right to defence of Amanda Knox was violated when she was questioned in November 2007 in relation to the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher (21), the British flat-mate in Perugia (Italy). It ordered the Italian State to pay a total of over €18,000 in damages and legal…
Russia will stay in Council of Europe
Russia will not quit the Council of Europe, because this platform is essential for upholding its national interests, Russia’s CoE envoy Ivan Soltanovsky told Izvestia newspaper. Press review: Putin stuns Japan with peace deal bid and will Russia exit Council of Europehttps://t.co/iOTdeogMU3 pic.twitter.com/zfpUqsfEiH — TASS (@tassagency_en) September 13, 2018 “Right now, Russia’s withdrawal from the…
Russia considers removal from ECHR
Reportedly the authorities of the Russian Federation are examining the possibility of denunciation of the European Convention on Human Rights and termination of cooperation with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). #Russia may denounce the European Convention on Human Rights, #ECHR, #ECtHR, #humanrights https://t.co/9lSbIckhQ3 — ICJ Europe & Central Asia (RU) – МКЮ Европа…
Russia to reduce fee to ECHR
Russia can freeze its membership in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), and reduce its contributions said deputy head of the State Duma committee for International affairs Alexei Chepa. https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/922450987478118401 Izvestia newspaper, citing several high-ranking sources in the State Duma, said that Russia is considering suspending its participation in the ECHR and reducing contributions…
ECHR orders Russia to pay 38.000 euro
The European Court of Human Rights has found violations of people’s right to fair and free elections during 2011 Duma campaign in Russia. It ruled that Russia has to pay 38.000 euros to nine claimants who had sued the Russian authorities. The Court explicitly stated that it did not consider in detail the essence of…
Russia bans Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Supreme Court of Russian Federation ruled on April 20, 2017 that the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization should be closed down and no longer allowed to operate legally in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling, which affects more than 100,000 Jehovah’s Witness worshippers across Russia. Russia Outlaws Jehovah's Witnesses: https://t.co/XjCKYwliJ0 — Andy Reed (@andrew_c_reed)…
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