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Siblings Martim Agostinho, Mariana Agostinho and Claudia Agostinho, pose for a picture at their home in Leiria, Portugal, Dec. 17, 2017. They are three of the six young people from Portugal arguing on Wednesday, Sept. 27, that governments across Europe aren't doing enough to protect people from the harms of climate change at the European Court of Human Rights. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

6 young climate activists take European governments to court over climate change

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 file photo, South Africa's runner Caster Semenya arrives for the first day of a hearing at the international Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Champion runner Caster Semenya has won what might turn out to be a landmark legal victory. The European Court of Human Rights has decided she was discriminated against by sports rules that force her to medically reduce her natural hormone levels if she wants to compete in major competitions. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Olympic champion Semenya says she is ‘elated’ after ruling in testosterone case but has ‘suffered’

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Caster Semenya, of South Africa, competes during a heat in the women's 5000-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on July 20, 2022, in Eugene, Oregon. The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver what could be the final word Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya's yearslong legal challenge against rules that force her and other female athletes to lower their natural hormone levels through medical intervention to be allowed to compete in women's track and field races. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case, but testosterone rules may remain for years

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

FILE - South Africa's Caster Semenya is shown at the Diamond League athletics event in Doha, Qatar, May 3, 2019. The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver what could be the final word Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya's yearslong legal challenge against rules that force her and other female athletes to lower their natural hormone levels through medical intervention to be allowed to compete in women's track and field races. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Ruling expected Tuesday in runner Caster Semenya’s human rights appeal against sex eligibility rules

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Swiss seniors are protesting outside the European Court of Human Rights Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in Strasbourg, eastern France. A group of Swiss seniors are taking their government to the European Court of Human Rights to demand more action on climate change which, they say, is seriously affecting their lives. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Swiss seniors take government to European court over climate

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From left, Jehovah’s Witnesses members Vilen Avanesov, Alkesandr Parkov, and Vilen’s son Arsen Avanesov attend a hearing involving their case in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. On July 29, a court sentenced the men to terms ranging from six years to six and one-half years, following more than two years of pretrial detention. [Photo courtesy of Jehovah’s Witnesses]

Russia ordered to pay $67 million to Jehovah’s Witnesses over illegal ban, human rights court says

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Illustration on U.S. sanctioned torture of a 9/11 defendant by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

State secrets doctrine shields Abu Zubaydah’s criminal torturers

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Muppets Bert, left, and Ernie, from "Sesame Street" are shown in New York, Aug. 22, 2001. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser) ** FILE **

Europe’s high court backs bakers in Bert and Ernie gay-marriage cake battle

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

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Litvinenko verdict signals hope for justice in MH17 shoot-down case

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

US broadcaster asks European court to block Russian fines

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, South Africa's Caster Semenya smiles after winning the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif. USA. Caster Semenya's lawyer said Tuesday Nov. 17, 2020, they will take her case against the world track and field federation to the European Court of Human Rights in what's likely to be a last-ditch legal challenge against regulations that require the South African and some other female athletes to artificially lower their natural testosterone levels to compete. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Turkish court refuses to free philanthropist, merges cases

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Europe’s court condemns Russia over 2008 war with Georgia

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE - Associated Press

Portugal: young climate activists get Strasbourg court boost

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, French demonstrators and supporters of Palestinians of the BDS movement hold a placard with the word &quot;Boycott&quot; during a demonstration in Paris. The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday June 11, 2020 that France violated the freedom of expression of pro-Palestinian activists who were convicted for campaigning against Israeli goods. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

European court backs pro-Palestinian BDS protest movement

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