PRESS RELEASE Embargoed 0.01am 10 December 2017   A letter urging the Prime Minister to safeguard human rights at home, now and after Brexit, has been signed by over 140 organisations from across the UK. The organisations include those working with new mothers, children, carers, people with learning disabilities and mental ill-health, women experiencing violence, migrants, older people, and groups campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights, fair trials, access to justice, decent housing and against racial discrimination.   As the government grapples with Brexit, recently facing the so-called “mutineers” attempts to reintroduce human rights protections into the Withdrawal Bill, the letter is being released on global Human Rights Day (Sunday 10 December) to show the breadth of support for human rights across the UK. Coordinated by British Institute for Human Rights (BIHR), the letter is also supported by Amnesty International UK, Liberty and Justice as well as trade union...

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