The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a child murderer's appeal to have his conviction overturned because he was threatened with torture.
The Strasbourg based court said that Magnus Gäfgen could not claim to be the victim of inhumane treatment at the hands of German police. Gäfgen was convicted of abducting and killing the child of a banker in 2002, in a West Ignoring Ethiopian War Crimes, Says Rights Watchdog ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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