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Liberty News

27 January 2012

Remembering the Holocaust

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, when we remember those who died and suffered as a result of one the most notorious inhumanities in history. At Liberty we also remember the legacy of that atrocity; that the struggle against totalitarianism and genocide in Europe led to the international human rights framework that some of us...

26 January 2012

Cabin Cruelty: More trouble at the UK Borders Agency

Potentially lethal restraint techniques. Insufficient attention paid to people with medical conditions. Racist language. Those were just some of the findings of a report into the treatment of deportees, published today. The Commons home affairs select committee...

19 January 2012

Wandsworth Council backs down over threat to evict innocent family

Today Wandsworth Council announced it has backed down over plans to make Liberty client Maite de la Calva and her young daughter homeless. The authority had previously threatened to evict the family if Ms de la Calva’s son was...

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