Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that her government will oppose any attempt by the British government to scrap the Human Rights Act in Scotland.
Ms Sturgeon criticised the newly-elected Conservative government's plan to implement previous plans of abolishing the Human Rights Act and replace it with a new British Bill of Rights.
"I oppose the repeal of the Human Rights Act, I think it's an appalling thing to be doing,
"Human rights are there to protect all of us, for example it was the Human Rights Act that enabled people to go to court to object against the bedroom tax," she said in Edinburgh.
"The idea that we take away human rights, I think, is just an awful suggestion, so the Scottish Government will oppose that and work hard to make sure that in Scotland people still get vital human-rights protection."
In the previous government, the Conservatives' coalition partners, the LibDems, blocked moves to repeal the act.
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