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Stories about: European Court of Human Rights

Maximum Six Years Retention Time for Innocent 'DNA' Authorities in the United Kingdom will only be allowed to hold the DNA evidence related to persons found to be innocent of the crimes they were charged with, for a maximum period of six years, after which time they will have to destroy the material. The decision applies in England and Wales, the UK Home Office has an... 11 November 2009 22:31 GMT UK DNA Database Stores Samples Illegally The UK citizens who had been in the past accused of crimes they hadn't committed asked for the British government to remove their fingerprints and DNA records from the files stored in the national DNA Database. Years later, they found that their records were still on-line, so they sought justice in court, where ... 5 December 2008 05:23 GMT Military Hacker Gets Extradition Delay Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who is accused of having disturbed American military computers at Pentagon and NASA managed to convince the European Court of Human Rights to delay his extradition to the U.S. The man, who is an unemployed network administrator, can stay in the U.K. until August 28, when the court is... 12 August 2008 11:57 GMT