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Tories threaten to pull UK out of European Court of Human Rights

The Conservatives have threatened to pull Britain out of the European Court of Human Rights unless UK courts can have the final say over rulings made in Strasbourg, the party has announced.

Labour warn that scrapping the Human Rights Act would put the UK on a par with Belarus, Europe's last remaining dictatorship.

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Charity accuses Tories of 'setting themselves above the law'

Tim Hancock, campaigns director of Amnesty UK, said:

These proposals are nasty, spiteful and shameful. This is electioneering on the backs of Europe's most vulnerable.

Under these plans human rights would be reserved for only those people the Government decides should get them. This is a blueprint for human rights you would expect from a country like Belarus.

We should all be worried when politicians try to set themselves above the law.

It's a complete disgrace to see the government blackmail the Council of Europe.

– Tim Hancock, Amnesty
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