- MP surveillance case exposes gaps in privacy protection laws
Liberty today welcomed the inquiry by Sir Christopher Rose into the alleged surveillance of Sadiq Khan MP during a visit to Woodhill prison two years ago.De...
- Huffing and Puffing Over Prisoner Votes
In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Scoppola v. Italy (n° 3) (application no. 126/05), which is final, the European Court of Human Rights he...
- Christopher Edwards, killed by mentally-ill cellmate: UK authorities let down Christopher and his family, says historic European Court ruling
Mental health procedures in criminal justice and investigation process must be reformed - LibertyThe British authorities failed to protect the life of Chris...
- Liberty celebrates schools competition winners
In celebration of International Human Rights Day on 10th December, Liberty today held a prize-giving ceremony for its Write Human Rights schools competition...
- Home Secretary invites Liberty to contribute to counter-terror review
Today the Home Secretary gave further details about the review of counter-terrorism measures announced last month. The review will consider control orders, ...
- Lack of public trust in elected Police Commissioners
Today a YouGov poll, conducted on behalf of Liberty, suggested little public appetite for Government proposals for Police and Crime Commissioners. The Polic...
- Government failed to consider criminal prosecution against control order terror suspect says High Court
The High Court today criticised the Government for failing to consider a criminal prosecution for a terror suspect who had been deemed dangerous enough to b...
- Universal entitlement cards are compulsory IDs: the Government does not trust its citizens
John Wadham, director of Liberty: "The government is taking euphemism to extremes. The proposed universal entitlement card is a compulsory identity card by ...
- Another Home Secretary; another ID card launch - as public support for the scheme sinks
On the day that the Home Office re-launches the ID card scheme for the second time in ten months, a new Liberty-YouGov opinion poll demonstrates how public ...
- International Criticism of UK Human Rights Record
"Human rights are not a pick and mix assortment of luxury entitlements but the very foundations of democratic societies" warns the Council of Europe Human R...