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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Karen McVeigh

UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally

A middle-aged woman holds up a report that says: 'The state of the world's human rights' with the Amnesty candle and barbed-wire logo behind her
Agnès Callamard, the French head of Amnesty, warned of ‘alarming human rights repression and prolific rule-breaking’ as she launched the annual world report. Photograph: J Tallis/AFP/Getty

The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.

In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was weakening human rights protections nationally and globally, amid a near-breakdown of international law.

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