European Court Of Human Rights

EU court upholds ban on halal, kosher slaughter

European Court of Human Rights says there is no discrimination in Belgium regions outlawing the forms of slaughter required for religious Jews and Muslims.

European court: Russia poisoned defected spy

An international criminal court found that Moscow was behind the 2006 lethal poisoning of defected intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko.

EU court rejects appeal to keep Jewish toddler on life support

Parents of Jewish girl on life support have been in legal fight to transport their daughter to Israel or the US for further treatment.

European court rejects attempt to reopen Arafat death probe

European Court of Human Rights rejects complaint filed by former PA chairman's widow and daughter to reopen an investigation into his death.

European Court: Compulsory vaccination can be deemed 'necessary'

European Court of Human Rights backs moves in Czech Republic barring children entry to preschool, fining parents of unvaccinated children.

Bulgaria to compensate for ignoring discrimination complaints

Bulgarian courts failed to punish Holocaust denier, European tribunal rules.

Anti-blasphemy laws, free speech and religious freedom

European court rules against anti-Semitic French comic

Court rules Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala's anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying performances are not protected by free speech.

Europe Fines Turkey for Trampling Singer's Free Speech

European Court of Human Rights symbolically fines Turkey for without trial fining a singer over speech complaining about lack of freedoms.

European Court: Mandatory Islam Classes 'Coercive'

Ruling says Turkey's Sunni Islam classes 'violate educational freedoms'; PM counters program fights radicalization.

European Rights Court to Rule on French Burqa Ban

A woman, 24, is seeking to persuade the European Court of Human Rights to categorize the French law as discriminatory.

Turkey Refuses to Pay Cyprus Compensation

Even as it demands compensation from Israel over death of violent activists, Turkey refuses European court order to pay for invasion.