UK Government Has Our Human Rights In Its Sights

Expand Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs from Hudson Yards, in New York, September 24, 2019.  © 2019 AP Photo/Matt Rourke   Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s newly-announced Cabinet “reshuffle” provides fresh evidence that his government has the courts - and our human rights - firmly in its sights. The government’s new Attorney General Suella Braverman, its top legal adviser, is on record recently arguing that the courts’ ability to hold the government to account should be restrained, and expressing her criticism of human rights. It’s increasingly clear that Johnson plans to water…

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