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Ahmet Altan’s 2016 detention on coup charges was unlawful, Strasbourg court found
Ruling says Selahattin Demirtas’s 4 years behind bars had been ‘cover for an ulterior political purpose’
Critics have called process a government ploy to limit people’s ability to challenge the state
Selahattin Demirtas has been behind bars for four years despite European rulings against his detention
Alpine state seeks return of land in Czech Republic taken from ancient ruling family
Chaired the controversial inquiry into the death of scientist David Kelly
Move is latest attempt to force Moscow to take responsibility for air disaster
Firing of Laura Codruta Kovesi was seen as emblematic of slide towards autocracy in some EU states
Human rights court rules N Ireland police breached privacy of drink driver
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government accused of seeking to ‘silence’ critics in landmark ruling
Rebellion charges were levelled after 2017 referendum on secession
Country imposed a blanket ban on the online encyclopaedia in 2017
Five daughters of peers are demanding the right to be elected to the House of Lords
Abrupt dismissal of Laura Codruta Kovesi drew criticism from Brussels
Ruling that detention of former opposition leader was political act expected to anger Erdogan
Moscow ordered to rewrite draconian laws after opposition leader brings case
European Court of Human Rights rules against GCHQ over collection of online data
Strasbourg-based court fines the two countries for violating rights of two terror suspects
Stand up for freedom against Turkish crackdown, says Council of Europe’s head
European human rights body under pressure to resist deteriorating rule of law
Efforts to reinstate Russia to Council’s parliament risk undermining the rule of law
Human rights body considers lifting sanctions imposed for 2014 Crimea aggression
Syriza accused of interfering in case and eroding independence of judicial system
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