This piece takes some time to reflect on where we’re at in the UK – and wider Western World – with regard to civil liberties, human rights and the essentials of a functioning ‘first world’ country.

How important is social justice and human rights in a world where a global pandemic puts all that we hold dear at risk?

The Liberty website is here: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/

For more information on the UK Government’s plan to track and trace British subjects via a mobile phone app The Guardian covers the piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/27/government-unveils-covid-19-test-and-trace-strategy-for-england

The UK Government website – at the time of publication – has this to offer: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-test-and-trace-how-it-works#the-nhs-coronavirus-app

If you’d like to hear Martin’s talk, about the Grenfell Inquiry, it was recorded exclusively on TopMedTalk last year, please go here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/topmedtalk-the-grenfell-inquiry/

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Nick Margerrison and Martin Howe of Howe and Co, a human rights law firm. He is a recipient of the Ross McWhirter Award for his campaigning work and twice has been a runner up for the Human Rights Practitioner of the Year Award. Furthermore, as a member of the Gurkha Justice Campaign, Martin won the prestigious Human Rights Award from Justice and Liberty in 2009.

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