At its AGM on April 14 2013, Amnesty International UK passed a resolution on the Human Rights of sick and disabled people in the UK.
At its AGM on April 14 2013, Amnesty International UK passed a resolution on the Human Rights of sick and disabled people in the UK.
The resolution read:
“This AGM calls for urgent action to halt the abrogation of the human rights of sick and disabled people by the ruling Coalition government and its associated corporate contractors.
Calls for Amnesty International UK to urgently work with grassroots human rights campaigns by and for sick and disabled people, carers and their families. And to set up a specialist Disability Human Rights network…..
To protect the human rights of people with disabilities, ill people and carers to halt this regressive and lethal assault on our rights.”
You can read the full resolution here.
This month saw the introduction of the notorious Bedroom Tax; it’s has been estimated that two thirds of the households hit by the tax contain disabled people. Atos Healthcare’s ‘fitness to work’ assessments of disabled people – a linchpin of the coalition’s welfare reforms – have also been slammed by charities and paralympians.
50 Responses to “Amnesty International condemns coalition for assault on disabled”
judge dredds dirty undies
1.Liability and debt are not the same thing. 2. We dont know how the combined pension figures compare to the past because they’ve not been released before.
This is all moot anyway since Osbournes austerity measures are utterly failing anyway.
stew
number 6 sounds a bit racist? I thought immigration was a benefit to the country, must be you don’t want them here because of their skin colour.
RickB
DLA is an in work benefit. I suspect you might be in need of some Troll Mints.
ref
liability and debt are very similar – you are morally obliged to pay both but in reality you can default on either.
we know public sector pensions will be defaulted on to a large extent. they are mathematically unaffordable. the government just hasn’t told anyone yet!
I work in the public sector and I am assuming there won’t be a pension to speak of and that I won’t be able to retire before I die, but that’s life! Only the baby boomers got the 30 year retirements – the generation before didn’t and nor will the one after.
ref
how would I know? never claimed. but I know plenty of disabled and non-disabled people at home on some form of disability benefit or the other. and I know plenty of disabled people in work who wouldn’t dream of claiming for their disability – they get on the best they can and don’t want to be pigeon-holed.