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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12863

7 January 2022
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Human rights
European Court of Human Rights declares Northern Irish “gay cake” case “inadmissible”
Brussels, 06/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights declared the application of a Northern Irish gay activist “inadmissible” on the grounds of “non-exhaustion of domestic remedies”.

The case dates back to 2014 and is to with a personalised cake that was ordered from a bakery in Belfast.

The Christian couple who owned the bakery refused to prepare and deliver the cake because of the pro-gay marriage message that the complainant, Gareth Lee, had asked to be included on the icing...

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