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The Verdict: COVID-19 and the loss of liberty, with Adam Wagner
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Adam Wagner discusses the effect Covid-19 has had on our civil liberties and human rights, with host Dr Anna Loutfi.
In an opinion article for Prospect magazine, Adam Wagner described the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as 'a constitutional catastrophe', and expressed his concern that 'we may never recover our standing as free citizens'.
Adam has acted in the Supreme Court and at the European Court of Human Rights. He has acted in six public inquiries and is currently Specialist Advisor to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Covid-19 Inquiry. He is a legal commentator on social media, television and radio – and a podcaster, host of the Better Human Podcast.
Listen as Adam discusses:
+ the influence of the Human Rights Act 1988
+ Covid-19 as a human rights issue
+ the impact of the pandemic on our right to protest
+ the number of times he has challenged hotel quarantine in court, and won
Discover more from Adam:
- Twitter @AdamWagner1
- Better Human podcast
- Each Other charity
Related resources:
- Adam's article 'Taking liberties: Covid-19 and the anatomy of a constitutional catastrophe' in Prospect Magazine
- Report: The Government’s response to Covid-19: human rights implications from the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the government’s response to Covid-19
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