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UK government set for UN grilling in Geneva over ‘breaches of disability rights’ 

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By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 9th June 2016 The UK government is set to face a grilling from UN experts next week over its alleged breaches of international obligations on disabled people’s human rights.  The government will be … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News | Tagged disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DPAC, UK, UN, UNCESCR, UNECOSOC | Leave a reply

#DWP ‘Benefit sanctions: Britain’s secret penal system’ by Dr David Webster University of Glasgow

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Benefits claimants are subjected to an ‘amateurish, secret penal system which is more severe than the mainstream judicial system’, writes Dr David Webster of the University of Glasgow. By Dr David Webster Published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies Few … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, British Government, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, Conservative Party, David Webster, destitution, Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr David Webster, DWP, DWP Sanctions, ESA, Extra Judicial Penal System, foodbanks, Frank Field, Homelessness, Housing benefit, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, JSA, sanctions, Scotland, UDHR, UK, UN, UNCRPD, University of Glasgow, WCA, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Westminster | Leave a reply

WATCH ‪#‎BBCQT‬ ‪#‎BBCbias‬: Man’s question to ‪Tories‬ ignored over current ‪UN‬ ‪CRPD‬ ‪‎investigation‬ into UK disability rights violations

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BBC Question Time, Grimsby, Thursday 22nd October 2015 LINK TO FULL SEGMENT [Scroll to 35 minutes 35 seconds into the programme for the question]: HERE It’s also worth pointing out that the only person who has been on Question Time … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Abuse of Disabled People, Alan Johnson, BBC, BBC BIAS, BBC Question Time, BBCQT, Benefit Cuts, Benefit Death, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, China, China State Visit, David Cameron, disability rights, Disabled People, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Germaine Greer, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, ILF, Independent Living Fund, Jonathan Dimbleby, Nadhim Zahawi, Question Time, sanctions, UK Human Rights Vilations, UN, UNCRPD, UNCRPD Investigation, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare, Xi Jinping | Leave a reply

#JFMOS Michael O’Sullivan scandal: Inquest notes expose shocking failings of WCA system

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The shocking failings of the work capability assessment system – and the healthcare assessors who are paid to police it – have been exposed by the family of one of its victims.

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, David Cameron, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, Right to Life, UN, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | Leave a reply

#JFMOS Michael O’Sullivan scandal: DWP twice pushed dad-of-two to suicide bid

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Disabled Michael O’Sullivan had already tried to take his own life once before because of government attempts to force him back to work

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability News Service, disability rights, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, UN, UNCRPD, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | Leave a reply

#ChinaStateVisit : UK Human Rights Violations List of Deaths of Disabled People Killed by The British Conservative Government 2010 – 2015

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Black Triangle’s List of Deaths Linked to Benefit Loss arising from Welfare Reforms Wednesday 20th October 2015 Please note: Although 68 cases are listed the number of deaths is 70 as two cases involved couples where both took their own … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, China State Visit, Conservatives, David Cameron, Democide, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, ECHR, Human rights, Human Rights Act, Human Rights Violations, Iain Duncan Smith, Right to Life, Scotland, UDHR, UK news, UN, UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights, UNCRPD, United Nations, Work Capability Assessment, Xi Jinping | 6 Replies

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