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Re:The ACLU Asks in 1934: Shall We Defend Free Speech for Na... by jopsen on Friday August 18, 2017 @06:02AM (#15044873)
Indeed, also EU member nations are subject to European Court of Human Rights.

Even if the UK leaves the EU, it's not unlikely you'll maintain a relationship to some of that. Depending on how hard/soft brexit turns out to be.

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Re:The ACLU Asks in 1934: Shall We Defend Free Speech for Na... by beojan on Friday August 18, 2017 @06:34AM (#15045005)
> Indeed, also EU member nations are subject to European Court of Human Rights.

Council of Europe members. Russia is a Council of Europe member, so the UK isn't leaving that. On the other hand, it also isn't as effective as you might think.

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