European Court rules Russia violated human rights in 2008 Georgia war
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Jan. 21 (UPI) The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Russia committed violations during 2008 Georgia war and after the cease-fire in the buffer zone.
The ruling against the Russian Federation addressed the killing of civilians and the torching and looting of houses in Georgian villages in South Ossetia and in the buffer zone,
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The court also ruled that the seriousness of abuses committed, could be categorized as inhuman and degrading treatment, of Georgian victims detained and, tortured and targeted as an ethnic group, in violation of the Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights.
Two years after it ruled that two Uzbek men are no longer at the risk of ill-treatment in Kyrgyzstan, the European Court of Human Rights reheard the case Wednesday.
Protesters wave Kyrgyz national flags in front of the government building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
LUXEMBOURG (CN) Europe’s top rights court heard arguments Wednesday from two Uzbek men who say they will be tortured or killed if deported from Russia to Kyrgyzstan.
Adhering to Covid-19 restrictions, the European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, held a virtual hearing on the appeal.
“The applicants’ ethnic identity makes them part of a particularly vulnerable group in Kyrgyzstan,” their lawyer, Nadezhda Yermolayeva told Strasbourg-based court.
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday faulted Switzerland for imposing a heavy fine on a Romanian woman for begging and then detaining her when she couldn t pay.
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AbbVie brings precautionary High Court action against Revenue arising from a €587m tax bill served on it after it bought Allergen
Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie has brought a precautionary High Court action against Revenue arising from a €587m tax bill served on it after it acquired Allergen.
The €587m was reduced to zero liability on appeal to a Tax Appeals Commissioner (TAC).
Revenue has appealed that decision to the High Court, arguing the commissioner did not have the jurisdiction to make that ruling.
The court heard that last year AbbVie acquired pharmaceutical company Allergan, which was headquartered and registered in Dublin, for $63 billion in return for cash and shares in AbbVie.