The Human Rights Crisis No One Admits

By Forgotten Rights

When people think of “human rights abuses,” they imagine faraway countries. They don’t picture the UK.

That’s because our government has mastered the art of dismantling rights quietly—one policy change, one funding cut, one hostile headline at a time.

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What’s Happening Right Now

• Cuts to disability benefits that leave people without food or heating.
• Sanctions that punish people for being too ill to attend appointments.
• Accessibility rollbacks—from public transport to council housing.
• Chronic underfunding of care services, forcing people into institutions or unsafe homes.

Under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the UK is legally obliged to protect our dignity, independence, and inclusion in society. The UN has already found the UK guilty of “grave and systemic” violations of disabled people’s rights.

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The Government’s Response?

Deny it. Deflect. Distract. Pretend nothing is wrong while quietly making it worse.
They bank on the public not knowing—and the media not caring.

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Why This Matters

Human rights are not abstract. They are the right to:

• Eat.
• Live in safety.
• Have a say in your own life.
• Participate fully in society.

When those rights are stripped from one group, it sets a precedent for stripping them from everyone.

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This Is Not Just Policy Failure

It’s a choice.
A political decision to treat disabled people not as citizens, but as expendable burdens.

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What You Can Do

✅ Share this—break the silence they rely on.
✅ Write to your MP and demand compliance with the UN’s recommendations.
✅ Support Forgotten Rights via [Ko-fi], [Patreon], or donations—because the government won’t tell the truth, but we will.

They call it “reform.” We call it a human rights crisis.

Next week: “Dismantling Hope” – The long-term plan to erase disability support entirely.

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