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  • Strasbourg strikes blow against British 'Naked Rambler'

    10/29/2014 10:44:49 AM PDT · by WhiskeyX · 8 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 28.10.2014 | Deutsche Welle
    Strasbourg has denied a British man’s request to have public nudity declared a human right. The court has ruled that UK authorites have the power to repeatedly arrest "Naked Rambler" Stephen Gough. On Tuesday, Europe's high court in Strasbourg ruled that Stephen Gough's legal woes had come about as the result of conduct that could prove "alarming and morally and otherwise offensive" to others, rather than through repression by UK authorities. Gough, a 55-year-old former Royal Marine nicknamed the "Naked Rambler," has twice walked the length of Britain nude to protest laws requiring the wearing of clothes. His activism has...