
Ep. 1: Election pledges on human rights.
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The Conservative Party's Position on the Human Rights Act
The Muslim advocacy group Cage has been in the news recently. Can you tell us what this is and what has been going on? So Cage is a group that works with the people with countries that have been affected by the so called war on terror. And Mohammed Ravanhe is the international director of Cage. He was stopped at Heathrow last November after flying in for the Middle East, he refused to give over his passwords to his electronic devices because he said he had been collecting evidence from a client in her case about torture. This is a failing to comply with these stop and search measures. Mr Ravanhe has pointed out that such a practice may have serious implications for lawyers and human rights
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