Friday, February 11, 2011

Council of Europe condemns UK MPs

(UKPA)

6 hours ago
The Council of Europe has hit back at the MPs' rebellion against a ruling to give voting rights to prisoners.The overwhelming Commons vote has no legal force, but it prompted a warning from Strasbourg that the UK Government must still "honour its international obligations".The Council of Europe enforces decisions of the European Court of Human Rights which triggered a storm by delivering a legal judgment that denying voting rights breaches prisoners' human

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