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ECtHR Upholds UK Policy on Reviewing Life Sentences
January 19, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights has held that, based on a clarifying ruling from the UK Supreme Court setting out "exceptional grounds" on which the British authorities must review life sentences, the UK policy on the review of life sentences is compatible with European human rights law.
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ECtHR: Lithuania Violated Prisoner's Right to Access Website
January 19, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights has held that Lithuanian prison authorities violated the human right of a prisoner to receive information by denying him access to a website with educational information due to their fear that prisoners might use internet access to continue their criminal activity.
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British PM Announces EU "Single Market" Exit
January 18, 2017
Politico reports that, in a speech this week, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that her government's plans to depart the EU will include exiting the bloc's "single market" and parts of its customs union, which would permit the UK to control immigration from other EU countries and withdraw from the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU.
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UK Welcomes Trump Plans on Post-Brexit Trade
January 18, 2017
The office of UK Prime Minister Theresa May has welcomed comments from US President-elect Donald Trump predicting that the US and the UK would "very quickly" negotiate a free trade agreement after Britain leaves the EU and has suggested the two countries could engage in short-term "scoping decisions" on trade prior to Brexit.
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EU Official Signals Punitive Brexit to Prevent "Contagion"
January 18, 2017
The Irish Times reports that European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has labeled US President-elect Donald Trump's prediction that Brexit might cause other departures from the EU "a bad fantasy" because the "considerable" costs of the UK's departure from the EU would deter other countries from leaving.
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