Liberty - Protecting Civil Liberties Promoting Human Rights : 2001

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PRESS RELEASES - 2001

- 19 Dec Detentions under Anti-Terror Act "utterly unjust" - Liberty to coordinate legal challenge
- 06 Dec Reaction to Lords defeats on Anti-Terrorism Bill
- 05 Dec Liberty: initial response to David Blunkett's police reform White Paper
- 29 Nov Diane Pretty Case: House of Lords Rules Against
- 27 Nov Home Secretary Ignores Commons Revolt Over Anti-Terrorism Bill
- 27 Nov Bedfordshire Police to deploy plastic bullets: response to announcement
- 13 Nov Home Secretary's Anti-Terrorism Bill - internment power the worst of an alarming Bill
- 10 Nov Home Secretary to Derogate from European Convention on Human Rights- Order in Parliament on Monday?
- 01 Nov Diane Pretty wins leave to appeal to the House of Lords
- 01 Nov David Shayler wins leave for Lords appeal
- 23 Oct David Blunkett Proposes to Ease Cannabis Laws: Liberty response
- 21 Oct Government's Rushed Anthrax 'law': Questionable whether it's legal, democratic or effective
- 15 Oct David Blunkett outlines new anti-terrorism measures in Parliament
- 03 Oct Home Secretary David Blunkett's speech at Labour Party conference: Liberty response
- 01 Oct Norman Baker MP: test case overturns blanket ban on access to MI5 files
- 01 Oct ID cards: Government steps back from 'tackling terrorism' claims
- 01 Oct Former Minister: ID cards don't work
- 24 Sep We must tackle terrorism - but ID cards are definitely not the answer
- 10 Sep Stella Rimington this weekend called for reform of the Official Secrets Act. She's right - but she doesn't go far enough.
- 07 Sep LIBERTY reaction to today's Oakington ruling
- 31 Aug Diane Pretty's Right-to-Die Case: High Court Clears Way for Judicial Review
- 21 Aug Government's New £79m for CCTV: Liberty response
- 20 Aug First Ever Right-to-Die Case Under Human Rights Act
- 13 Aug Today's Draft RIP Code on Access to Telecoms Information - 'far too wide, with too few protections'
- 13 Aug Anonymity in Rape Proceedings - why the current rules are right
- 01 Aug Metropolitan Police and other forces plan to introduce 'taser' stunguns
- 27 Jul Police and Home Office Launch Pilot Schemes for Mandatory Drug Testing of Suspects on Charge
- 24 Jul Tackling alleged police violence
- 20 Jul Victory in Adoption File Access Case
- 13 Jul R v Jerry Hamm, Southwark Crown Court ('the cannabis challenge)
- 25 Jun Norman Baker MP: test case challenges blanket ban on access to MI5 files
- 20 Jun Queen's Speech
- 20 Jun Paul Wright - death in custody: judge orders investigation
- 12 Jun May Day Demonstration
- 16 May R v David Shayler
- 14 May Criminal Justice Police Act Becomes Law
- 10 May Legal Action on May Day Protests
- 02 May 1 May 2001 Demonstrations
- 01 May Deaths in Custody
- 20 Apr The Census
- 28 Mar Proscribed powers dealing with terror groups
- 22 Mar Human Rights - In reference to Tom Utley comment
- 05 Mar Double Jeopardy: Breaches a Key Protection in our Justice System
- 28 Feb Why 'name and shame' helps no-one
- 22 Feb Mr Straw's 'animal rights' amends threaten the right to peaceful protest
- 22 Feb Criminal Justice and Police Bill Threatens a "serious erosion of rights"
- 18 Feb Misguided Act could create thousands of new terrorist suspects
- 18 Feb Liberty response to Government announcements at the Labour Party conference yesterday
- 23 Jan Targeting Criminals' Profits is Fine; Civil Confiscation is Not
- 22 Jan The 2001 National Census: Liberty's view...
- 17 Jan Home Secretary's "tough line on animal extremists" risks eroding all our rights
- 16 Jan Crime Figures - 16th January 2001 - Liberty Response
- 06 Jan It's not the technology it is how it's used
- 01 Jan 'The use of reasonable force'
- 01 Jan Juries should not be given details of previous convictions