It’s Not Just Covid-19 That Threatens UK’s Human Rights

Expand A man wheels his suitcase across Westminster Bridge looking towards the Houses of Parliament, at would normally be rush hour as the lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus continues in London, March 30, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Frank Augstein More than 40,000 people dead. Hard decisions about how to relax a lockdown that has confined millions to their homes. Covid-19 understandably continues to dominate headlines and the focus of United Kingdom policymakers. That applies to human rights too. Coronavirus means new rights issues demand our attention, such as how to ensure access…

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