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UK to Bring in New Bill of Rights After Migrant Deportation Defeat
Date: June 22, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will begin legislating on Wednesday for a new Bill of Rights to give the government the power to ignore rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which last week blocked ministers’ plans to send migrants to Rwanda. Last Tuesday, the ECHR issued last minute injunctions to prevent a handful...
Ig Metall Questions Vw Plant in China’s Xinjiang Province
Date: June 17, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leader of Germany’s powerful IG Metall trade union, who sits on the supervisory board of Volkswagen, has questioned whether it is in the carmaker’s interests to continue to operate a plant in China’s Xinjiang region. The United States, Britain and other countries called this month for the International Labour Organization to...
WikiLeaks’ Founder Assange Vows to Fight Extradition From UK to United States
Date: June 17, 2022
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – The wife of Julian Assange vowed to fight using every possible legal avenue after British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday approved the WikiLeaks’ founder’s extradition to the United States to face criminal charges. Assange is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to...
UK Condemns Court Decision to Block Rwanda Deportation, Will Not Leave Convention
Date: June 16, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has no plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, but the Strasbourg court which enforces it overstepped its powers in blocking the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said on Thursday. The government was thwarted in its attempt to send a handful of migrants...
Biden to Meet With Saudi Crown Prince Despite Human Rights Criticism
Date: June 14, 2022
By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the defacto leader of a country he once called a “pariah,” during a trip to the Middle East in July, as Washington seeks ways to lower U.S. gasoline prices. Since Biden took office, Saudi-U.S. relations have...
UK Presses Ahead With Plan for First Migrant Deportation Flight to Rwanda
Date: June 14, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill and Matthew Childs LONDON/DOVER (Reuters) -Britain’s first scheduled flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda was set to depart on Tuesday, with the government warning that anyone who avoided it through last-minute legal challenges would be put on a later plane despite an outcry from critics. Britain has struck a 120-million-pound ($148 million)...