Human rights

Fact checks including human rights lawyers, asylum rights and religious freedoms

21 June 2022

European Court of Human Rights not involved in 2014 deportation case

The court was not involved in the decision to overturn the deportation of a Libyan man convicted of 78 offences in the UK.

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13 December 2021

No evidence asylum seekers have used pets to argue against deportation

A previously debunked claim about people being granted the right to live in the UK because they own a pet here has reappeared.

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30 March 2021

Government asylum claims based on unpublished data

The Home Office said 60% of asylum seekers entered the country illegally but this is based on unpublished statistics

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19 March 2021

Saying your religion is ‘Freedom’ on the census won’t make it a recognised belief

To establish a recognised belief you have to win a legal claim in court.

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1 June 2018

Abortion, human rights, and devolution

What can the Northern Ireland Assembly do?

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27 April 2018

How immigration law changed for Commonwealth citizens

Theresa May, Diane Abbott and the Immigration Act 2014

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1 February 2018

How sweet is sixteen? Legal age limits in England and Wales

You’re legally a child until the age of 18, but the minimum legal age is 16 for some things.

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20 November 2017

Has the government banned the term 'pregnant woman'?

The term 'pregnant woman' is not being banned by the government. It’s not even being discouraged.

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27 October 2017

Is it legal to kill people fighting for Islamic State in Syria?

There’s no single authoritative statement of what’s allowed in international law.

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5 June 2017

Counter-terrorism powers

TPIMs, internment and Control Orders: how the government has tried to control terror suspects.

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