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"Tearing up the Human Rights Act would have “dire consequences” including
removing obligations to properly address violence against women and girls and
destabilising peace in Northern Ireland, more than 50 organisations have
warned.
In a letter to Boris Johnson, Amnesty, Liberty, the British Institute of Human
Rights and others have spelled out the “significant implications” of repealing
the act, which is expected to be announced in the Queen’s speech on Tuesday,
asking for an urgent meeting to discuss the plans.
Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s chief executive, said: “Tearing up
the Human Rights Act will unleash a Pandora’s box of dire consequences for the
UK and we desperately urge the prime minister to reconsider.
“Not only will repealing the Human Rights Act damage the UK’s international
reputation, but it will also undermine the global system of rights and
protections and our ability to hold other countries to account, just at a time
when we have never needed those protections more.”"
Via Garry Knight.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
