A review of Britain’s record on human rights was branded ‘ludicrous’ last night – for including criticisms from the governments of Iran, Russia and Cuba. The United Nations report also contains scathing assessments of the UK from other countries notorious for their wholesale denial of human rights – among them Pakistan, Belarus and the Sudan. Russia, where dissent is ruthlessly repressed and opponents of Vladimir Putin’s regime are routinely murdered, attacked police in the UK for using ‘excessive force’ and said prisons here were tantamount to torture. Russian police detain a participant during an opposition rally in St Petersburg on March, 2012
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UN report criticised for containing scathing assessments of UK by countries notorious for their denial of human rights
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Cuban government claimed Britain’s public spending cuts were damaging ‘economic and social rights'
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Russia said UK police used 'excessive force' and that prisons here were tantamount to torture
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