Articles Tagged: human rights
Career criminal dad-of-five locked up despite plea to judge that prison breached his human rights
A career criminal has been put behind bars when his pleas to a judge that locking him up would breach his human right to be with his five children fell on deaf ears.
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Boy kept home after school insists he cuts off ponytail
An eleven-year-old boy has been taken out of school by his dad after teaching staff said he had to cut off his ponytail to comply with uniform regulations.
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UK coming under pressure to ban smacking
The Council of Europe is putting increasing pressure on the UK to ban all smacking and corporal punishment of children, it ...
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Court allows parents to have 11-year-old sterilised
An Australian court has given a couple permission to go ahead with a hysterectomy for their 11-year-old daughter. The ...
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Should a prisoner be allowed to become a father from behind bars?
A prisoner who has 25 years left to serve in jail for drug trafficking is attempting to become a father. Scott Hurford, ...
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Pregnant woman "asked for all-white doctors" in the delivery room
A woman who was about to give birth allegedly asked for all-white medical staff to be in the delivery room. The mother, who ...
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