{"id":715495,"date":"2022-06-24T14:34:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1608910"},"modified":"2022-06-24T14:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:34:47","slug":"fascist-tories-want-to-scrap-the-human-rights-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/06\/24\/fascist-tories-want-to-scrap-the-human-rights-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascist Tories want to scrap the Human Rights Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new bill of rights<\/a> is set to replace the Human Rights Act, if the Tories get their way. They’ve been threatening<\/a> to do this for some time. But it looks like the temptation to reverse<\/a> the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling on deportations to Rwanda was too much.<\/p>\n

And there are plenty of reasons to be extremely worried.<\/p>\n

What will the bill do?<\/h2>\n

In its press release, the government said that the bill would<\/a>:<\/p>\n

strengthen freedom of speech and curb bogus human rights claims.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, we’re all sick of too many human rights claims, aren’t we? Er, no.<\/p>\n

The bill will:<\/p>\n

make clear that the UK Supreme Court is the ultimate judicial decision-maker on human rights issues and that the case law of the European Court of Human Rights does not always need to be followed by UK courts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What could that be about, then? The government makes the connection itself, as it says the bill will:<\/p>\n

Confirm that interim measures from the European Court of Human Rights under Rule 39, such as the one issued last week which prevented the removal flight to Rwanda, are not binding on UK courts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It took a combination of protest and the intervention from the ECHR to stop the sickening<\/a> policy to deport refugees to Rwanda – at least for now.<\/p>\n

Amongst other things, it’s also going to:<\/p>\n

Prevent courts from placing new costly obligations on public authorities to actively protect someone\u2019s human rights and limit the circumstances in which current obligations apply, for example, police forces having to notify gang members of threats towards them from other gangs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The entire point of human rights is that they apply to\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>humans. It doesn’t matter who you are, or what you’ve done, you have a right to be treated in a certain way.\u00a0Human rights aren’t conditional. At least, they’re not supposed to be.<\/p>\n

What’s the reaction been?<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, Dominic Raab said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Bill of Rights will strengthen our UK tradition of freedom whilst injecting a healthy dose of common sense into the system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, that’s the same Dominic Raab who is sketchy on UK geography, hasn’t read the Good Friday agreement<\/a>, and can’t always remember the party line<\/a>. Does that sound like someone who we can trust to have common sense?<\/p>\n

People on social media also weren’t very impressed.<\/p>\n

The leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, said:<\/p>\n

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Absolutely essential thread on Dominic Raab\u2019s utterly destructive Bill of Rights – this Bill will drive a forklift truck through our fundamental human rights, and it must be defeated@libertyhq<\/a> \"\ud83d\udc47\" https:\/\/t.co\/QRT5qZxMCY<\/a><\/p>\n

— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n