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UN to hear how disabled people feel ‘expendable’ after rights regression since 2017

By John Pring on 24th March 2022 Category: Human Rights

UN to hear how disabled people feel ‘expendable’ after rights regression since 2017
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There has been “continued regression” in disabled people’s rights in the five years since a UN committee told the UK government that its cuts and reforms had caused a “human catastrophe”, according to a new report by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). […]

Multiple access failures at COP26 ‘send shocking message’ to disabled people

By John Pring on 4th November 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Multiple access failures at COP26 ‘send shocking message’ to disabled people
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Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about the UK government’s multiple failures to ensure the accessibility of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. The first concerns came after high-profile complaints made by the Israeli energy minister, Karine Elharrar, a wheelchair-user, […]

Government’s ‘shocking’ pandemic rights list of shame

By John Pring on 25th March 2021 Category: Human Rights

Government’s ‘shocking’ pandemic rights list of shame
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The minister for disabled people has refused to apologise for as many as 24 breaches of disabled people’s rights – and probably even more – by the government in the 12 months since the first COVID-19 lockdown. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) […]

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs

By John Pring on 17th December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs
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Disabled campaigners have made a last-minute appeal to the government to abandon its plans to relax rules on socialising over Christmas, as fears grow that this will cause a sharp rise in coronavirus infections and many thousands of deaths. Disabled people’s […]

Government’s quiet confession: We must do more to protect disabled people from COVID

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Human Rights

Government’s quiet confession: We must do more to protect disabled people from COVID
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The UK government appears to have bowed to months of pressure from disabled campaigners and allies, after quietly revealing that it is considering taking “further action” to protect disabled people from the pandemic. It comes alongside an admission that disabled people […]

Coronavirus: Blind Baptist minister fears disabled people could be left to starve

By John Pring on 2nd April 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Blind Baptist minister fears disabled people could be left to starve
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A leading disabled Baptist minister fears that many disabled people could be left to starve to death because of the failure of the government and supermarkets to ensure they have a way to buy food during the coronavirus crisis. The Rev […]

Government’s UN response ‘exposes failings on disability convention’

By John Pring on 13th July 2017 Category: Human Rights

Government’s UN response ‘exposes failings on disability convention’
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The government has ignored key evidence that demonstrates widespread breaches of the UN disability convention, according to disabled people’s grassroots groups and organisations that are working together to expose its failings. They spoke out after the government submitted its response to […]

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