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Network hopes new manifesto will draw movement together

17/12/2012 – 10:52 am

A new network of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) is to draw up a manifesto and plan a week of campaigning action across the UK in a bid to “sharpen the struggle” against the coalition’s attacks on disability rights.
A conference in September – organised by Inclusion London, Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People, Disabled People Against Cuts [...]

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Leveson offers new hope in fight against hostile newspapers

10/12/2012 – 10:00 am

Newspapers should be forced to apologise, print corrections, or even face heavy fines if they print misleading or offensive articles about disabled people and other minority groups, according to Lord Justice Leveson’s report into press standards.
Leveson’s long-awaited report could give disabled people’s organisations a way to fight back against newspapers that stir up hostility with [...]

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