UK: Don’t Downgrade Rights

Expand Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves from the steps outside 10 Downing Street, London, on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. © 2019 Frank Augstein/AP Photo (London) – Boris Johnson should ensure that his new government maintains a focus on human rights as it sets out its new agenda, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter to the new British prime minister. “In responding to the United Kingdom’s deep political, economic, and constitutional challenges, it’s important that the government doesn’t downgrade the human rights on which everyone in the country depends,” said Benjamin…

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