December 6, 2012 - Against Torture

Anti-torture committee criticises ill-treatment by police and prison overcrowding in Cyprus

Prison over-crowding and police ill-treatment of detainees are criticised in a new report on Cyprus by anti-torture monitors.

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December 5, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Human rights complaint raises concerns about “ghetto” schools for Greece’s Roma children

Thirty-eight Roma families hope that human rights judges will agree next week that their children were forced to attend segregated and inferior “ghetto” schools in Greece.

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December 5, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Judges warn Hungary to protect family of drug mafia whistleblower

The case concerned the exclusion of a family from an official witness protection programme on the ground that the father, in prison, had remained in contact with criminal groups.

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December 4, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court: Turkey breached human rights law after child custody row

In his complaint to the Court about the failure to enforce the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction order, Halük Özmen alleged in particular, under Article 8 that the Turkish authorities had not taken all the necessary steps to recover his daughter and ensure her return to Australia.

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December 4, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Roma woman awarded €17,000 after Italy’s ‘Rule 39′ court defiance

The applicant Nevresa Hamidovic was deported even though the Court had indicated that the deportation order should be stayed as an interim measure under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court.

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