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Human Rights Act ‘last resort to win justice’
Hillsborough ‘shows how vital Act is to us’

HILLSBOROUGH proved that the Human Rights Act is ordinary people’s last resort when justice fails, campaigners said this morning as they launched a campaign to protect the law.

The coalition of over 130 civil society organisations stated it would fight against Tory plans to abolish the Act and replace it with a weaker “British Bill of Rights.”

Among the signatories stood trade union giants TUC, Unite and PCS, as well as human rights groups Amnesty International and Reprieve, LGBT rights campaign Stonewall and domestic violence charity Refuge. 

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