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Olivia Colman backs social housing campaign as UK human rights ‘under threat’

The Crown star Olivia Colman has warned human rights in the UK are under threat as she appeared in a short film about the plight of a young mother whose baby died due to poor social housing conditions.

The Amnesty International UK ambassador said human rights violations are “happening right on our doorstep” as she backed the organisation’s campaign highlighting the “broken housing system”.

The death in December 2020 of Awaab Ishak, who suffered from a respiratory condition caused by prolonged exposure to mould at his housing association flat in Rochdale,

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