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Call for action to tackle barriers faced by disabled people in NI

Action needs to be taken to tackle barriers faced by disabled people living in Northern Ireland, human rights and equality commissioners have said. Coming together in their joint role as the Independent Mechanism in Northern Ireland (IMNI), the two ...

03 Dec 2022 at 10:59

Archie Battersbee’s parents make ‘last-ditch’ application to United Nations

The parents of a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage have asked the United Nations to intervene. Archie Battersbee’s mother and father, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, have made a “last-ditch” application to a ...

29 Jul 2022 at 16:20

Archie Battersbee’s family ‘being given time to come to terms with ruling’

An NHS trust boss says staff are giving relatives of a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage time to “come to terms” with a judge’s ruling that life support treatment should end. But Alistair Chesser, chief ...

29 Jul 2022 at 20:51

Archie Battersbee’s mother speaks of anxiety ahead of last-minute hearing

The mother of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee has spoken of the anxiety she feels ahead of a last-minute hearing about whether life-support treatment should be withdrawn from her son just hours before it is due to end. The Court of Appeal ...

01 Aug 2022 at 09:51

Archie Battersbee’s treatment to be withdrawn after Court of Appeal ruling

Archie Battersbee’s life support will be terminated on Tuesday after a last-ditch bid for the withdrawal of the 12-year-old’s treatment to be further postponed was rejected by the Court of Appeal. Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee made ...

01 Aug 2022 at 20:24

Refusing UN request in Archie case would breach international law, court told

Lawyers representing the parents of Archie Battersbee have told Court of Appeal judges that, unless the withdrawal of his life-sustaining treatment is postponed, the court will be “complicit” in a “flagrant breach of international ...

01 Aug 2022 at 16:14

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