The British government is gearing itself up to free the country from the “shackles” of European law and pave the way for business UK-style; but human rights and “foreign threats” are getting in the way.
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Scientology Churches Are Tax-Exempt Religious Buildings, UK Court Says
While Mormon temples (open to Mormons only) had been denied exemptions for not offering “public religious worship,” Scientology won its case.
UK, the World Cup of Human Rights: Lords 1, Government and China 0
The campaign to prioritize human rights over expediency is pushing forward in the UK with a Lords victory over the government.
UK: China Accused of a Wide Range of Abuses in the House of Lords
China’s human rights record comes under the spotlight again as peers debate the atrocities.
UK Anti-Genocide Bill: Let’s Try Again
A new genocide bill is given a second reading by UK Lords and goes through to the next round. It can hit China, and other rogue states.
UK: Sunak In, Confucius Institutes Out?
The new British Prime Minister has promised to disband the country’s Confucius Institutes, a tool of Beijing’s propaganda.
European Parliament Condemns Organ Harvesting in China
The UK also passed a piece of legislation aimed at stopping organ harvesting.
UK: Anti-Slave-Labor, Pro-Uyghur MPs Win a Battle
The UK government has caved into pressure by campaigners determined to rid the National Health Service of forced labour.
UK: Citing the Uyghurs, House of Lords Says “No” to Commerce with Genocidal States
The Lords told the government that anti-slavery laws did not work, and the UK by buying COVID protection equipment from Xinjiang financed a genocide.
House of Lords Tells UK Government It Should Act Now Against China
The UK government is riding roughshod over its own Parliament by gesturing and nodding meaninglessly over repeated attempts to act on the Uyghur genocide