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Only a third of Brits think the government cares about their rights

New polling reveals lack of trust in government as ministers attempt to use Rwanda Bill to ignore Human Rights Act

By Nandini Naira Archer
Only a third of Brits think the government cares about their rights
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Only a third of Brits believe the government cares about their human rights, openDemocracy can reveal.

The news comes as the government attempts to force through its plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, using “dangerous and reckless” legislation that will hand ministers powers to disregard parts of the Human Rights Act.

Polling commissioned by rights organisation Liberty and shared exclusively with this website found that just 31% of people agree or strongly agree that the government “cares about my rights and freedoms”. 

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