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Fight back to #SaveYourRights
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Aim
We're fighting back against threats to human rights in the UK.
Liberty is raising £18,000 to defend human rights in the UK and make millions aware of threats to our rights.
Donate now to help us reach our target!
The urgent threat to our rights
The Government is trying to rip up human rights protections and put themselves above the law.
Under its Refugee Ban Bill, people could be stopped from appealing to their human rights in asylum claims, based on how they came to the UK. This means Home Secretary Suella Braverman could deport thousands, endangering lives and playing into the hands of traffickers.
In other words, it allows the Government to commit human rights abuses without consequences.
This is incredibly dangerous because it strikes at the heart of what human rights are.
As soon as someone starts picking and choosing who deserves rights and who doesn’t, the very concept of human rights is under threat. Either we all have human rights, or no one does.
How are they getting away with this?
Supported by friends in the media, ministers like Home Secretary Suella Braverman are not telling the truth about human rights.
They want the public to believe that human rights are not for them, but only for those who have done something wrong.
This is totally untrue. Human rights are for everyone, and they enable everyone to get justice when they are mistreated.
- Families of Hillsborough disaster victims used the Human Rights Act to get to the truth about what happened to their loved ones
- The way to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Northern Ireland was paved by a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgement
- A duty to provide disabled people with appropriate care was laid down by another ECtHR judgement
We cannot let the Government tear apart the protections that have given us so much. We must tell the true story of human rights and why they matter.
We fight back
We will run a big public facing campaign, to change the conversation around human rights in the UK.
We will:
- Use moving, personal accounts to reach more people than ever before;
- Tell powerful stories of what human rights mean for people across the UK;
- Organise inspiring events to bring people together;
- & more!
Together we will bring the truth about human rights to millions of people around the UK.
We know it works. Campaigners can win people over by appealing to shared values of tolerance, justice and fairness.
The British public wants to see human rights protected. Our polling has shown that half of the public are very concerned about the weaking of human rights in Britain. Three quarters of people believe authorities must respect everyone’s rights.
This is a huge challenge and we cannot afford to wait.
We need to raise at least £18,000 to get this campaign off the ground.
We need your help.
This is a bold, new campaign that will break new ground and win new support for human rights. It goes beyond the comfort zone and outside the echo chamber.
To pull this off, we need support from people like you who already understand the critical importance of our rights.
Please donate now.
This project successfully funded on 22nd April 2023