#Justice

European Court of Human Rights: 36 thousand cases in a year. Highest number of pending suits in Russia and Turkey

Egypt: Zaki to be released – but not yet acquitted. Acconcia (Uni. Padua): long shadows over Al Sisi’s regime

Some good news at last on the case of the student imprisoned for no valid reason. After a 22-month imprisonment…

Poland: ECHR, Disciplinary Chamber of Supreme Court is not a “tribunal established by law within the meaning of the European Convention”

European Commission: Jourova (vice-president), “no one is immune to the forces undermining the foundations of the rule of law”.

EU: European Public Prosecutor’s Office headed by Romanian Laura Kövesi starts its activities. Fight against economic and financial fraud

European Court of Human Rights: appeal by Pippa Knight’s mother rejected. Doctors may withdraw life support

Father Celso Ba Shwe (Loikaw), “Help us, or Myanmar will  soon turn into a burial ground”

The heartbreaking account from the diocese of Loikaw by Father Celso Ba Shwe, Apostolic Administrator. “Many cities in Myanmar are…

The Navalny case: Council of Europe, “arbitrary ruling. Meeting the obligations undertaken by Russia as a member state”. Arrests go on

Navalny the tip of the iceberg. Lipke: “Russia- violence, poverty and lack of freedom”

Jesuit Fr Stephan Lipke, director of the St Thomas Institute in Moscow, analyses the situation in the Eurasian country for…

Arrest of Alexey Navalny: von der Leyen, “the Russian authorities must immediately release him”. Sassoli, “an offence to the international community”

EU Commission: “fighting child sexual abuse with all tools at our disposal. Increased risks during lockdown