A powerful new human rights film
10 June 2017
It has just been the 6th anniversary of an important human rights case, that of Mark and Steven Neary. Steven, who is autistic, was detained in local authority care for over a year before his dad used the Human Rights Act to get him home.
RightsInfo has made a powerful short film to mark the anniversary and tell this important human rights story.
In these uncertain political times, it is more important than ever to tell the positive stories of human rights to counter the tabloid press and grow support for human rights laws. So please do share!
[…] (although sadly Sykes did end up back in the care home again in the end). We also learned about Steven Neary, whose father – Mark Neary – used the liberty safeguards to get his son home from a ‘positive […]