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UK News: Mosque attack suspect held on terror charges

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British media have identified the suspect held in connection with the van attack outside a London mosque as Darren Osborne, from the Welsh city of Cardiff. He is being held on suspicion of attempted murder and alleged terror offenses. British media report that some of Osborne's neighbors have described the father of four as "aggressive" and "strange." Witnesses said Osborne claimed he wanted to "kill all Muslims" after he drove into a crowd leaving a mosque early Monday morning. One man who was receiving first aid at the time of the attack died; it's unclear if his death was a result of the attack or from a previous condition. Osborne was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism including murder and attempted murder. This corrects attribution for ID

European Court for Human Rights court rules in favor of Russian gay activists

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The European Court for Human Rights on Tuesday decided that Russia's law forbidding spread of supposed gay purposeful publicity to minors disregards the privilege to opportunity of expression. In the principal real court fight for gay activists who have challenged the law, the court found for three gay activists who guaranteed the law abused the rights to flexibility of expression and forbiddance of segregation under the European Convention on Human Rights. The candidates were granted about 50,000 euros ($55,000) altogether. Through the span of quite a long while, Nikolai Alexeyev, Nikolai Bayev and Alexei Kiselyov have arranged pickets to advance gay rights and unsuccessfully connected for authorization to hold gay pride parades in Russia. By receiving such laws the experts strengthen disgrace and bias and empower homophobia, which is contrary with the thoughts of balance, pluralism and resistance characteristic in a just society," the seven-judge board said in the decision, ...