Naked Rambler loses at European court over right to public nudity

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http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/oct/28/naked-rambler-stephen-gough-loses-european-court-nudity



A man known as the Naked Rambler has lost his case at the European court of human rights, where he claimed he had a right to bare all in public.

Former marine Stephen Gough, from Eastleigh, Hampshire, had alleged that his repeated arrest, prosecution, conviction and imprisonment for being nude in public and his treatment in detention violated his rights.

The court unanimously found there had been no violation of articles 8 and 10 of the European convention on human rights.

Gough, 54, has walked naked throughout the UK, from John O’Groats to Land’s End, and is a well-known campaigner for his right to be nude in public – even though his actions have often landed him in prison.

[rurallib]

1. looks like a great halloween costume

[mackerel]

2. I wonder if he gets cold?