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US accuses UK of restricting free speech, backsliding on human rights

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 14 Aug 2025, 10:41am
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US accuses UK of restricting free speech, backsliding on human rights

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 14 Aug 2025, 10:41am

The US has accused the UK of backsliding on human rights over the past year, claiming it’s not a free country. 

The US State Department says the UK’s Labour government ‘repeatedly intervened to chill speech’, their annual assessment also highlighting laws limiting free speech around abortion clinics. 

UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking it’s something that both Trump and Vance have said before, and it has a certain resonance with people like Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. 

He says the claims are causing a problem for the Government, who are already under fire for being a two-tired government that seemingly penalises the right for saying things, but lets the left go scott-free. 

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