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      New bill of rights would allow UK courts to diverge from ECHR rulings

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      Ahmet Altan’s 2016 detention on coup charges was unlawful, Strasbourg court found

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      Firing of Laura Codruta Kovesi was seen as emblematic of slide towards autocracy in some EU states

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    • Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
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