British airways Christian employee Nadia Eweida wins case

A British Airways employee suffered discrimination at work over her Christian beliefs, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.

European judges ruled that there had been a violation of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights of Nadia Eweida.

She took her case to the European Court of Human Rights after BA made her stop wearing a necklace with a cross.

Judges ruled that the rights of three other Christians had not been violated.

The other cases involved nurse Shirley Chaplin, 57, whose employer also stopped her wearing necklaces with a cross, Gary McFarlane, 51 - a marriage counsellor fired after saying he might object to giving sex therapy advice to gay couples - and registrar Lillian Ladele, who was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.

All four lost separate employment tribunals relating to their beliefs and made individual applications to the court, but their cases are being heard together.

Nadia Eweida was banned from displaying her white gold cross at work

The four Christians claimed their employers' actions went against articles nine and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protected their rights to "freedom of thought, conscience and religion" and prohibited religious discrimination.