René Cassin, the UK Jewish human rights charity, has written to Michael Gove, the Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling-up, Housing and Communities, to express concern about the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, which is due to be debated in the House of Commons on Monday 3rd July.
Mia Hasenson-Gross, the Executive Director of René Cassin, said: “The Jewish community knows all too well of the consequences of silencing opposition and free speech and this bill runs contrary to our Jewish values and experience. We are encouraged that many communal organisations have already spoken out against the legislation, including the Union of Jewish Students and a range of Jewish youth movements. We encourage the rest of the British Jewish community to join us in rejecting this Bill, which is harmful for Jews in the UK and harmful for the fight for human rights for all”.
René Cassin has outlined their concerns in the letter to Mr. Gove, which include: an attack on fundamental civil and political rights, an anti-democratic over-reach of state power, the hampering of their work to support Uyghur Muslims facing genocide in China, and the risk of undermining community cohesion.
Mia Hasenson-Gross has offered to meet with Mr. Gove in person to discuss these concerns and how they might be mitigated.
René Cassin is a UK charity which works to promote and protect universal human rights, drawing on Jewish experience and values.
René Cassin, the UK Jewish human rights charity, has expressed concern about the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, which is set to be debated in the House of Commons on Monday 3rd July. In a letter to Michael Gove, Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling-up, Housing and Communities, René Cassin’s Executive Director, Mia Hasenson-Gross, outlined the charity’s worries that the Bill is an attack on fundamental civil and political rights, an anti-democratic over-reach of state power, and risks undermining community cohesion.
Ms. Hasenson-Gross said: “The Jewish community knows all too well of the consequences of silencing opposition and free speech and this bill runs contrary to our Jewish values and experience. We are encouraged that many communal organisations have already spoken out against the legislation, including the Union of Jewish Students and a range of Jewish youth movements. We encourage the rest of the British Jewish community to join us in rejecting this Bill, which is harmful for Jews in the UK and harmful for the fight for human rights for all”.
The charity has also expressed concern that the Bill will hamper their work to support Uyghur Muslims facing genocide in China. They have offered to meet with Mr. Gove to discuss these concerns and how they might be mitigated.
René Cassin is a UK charity which works to promote and protect universal human rights, drawing on Jewish experience and values.
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