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Press Releases
2008
18 Dec
Liberty and the FSF team up to fight for human rights of football fans
10 Dec
British public overwhelmingly support Human Rights
04 Dec
Retaining DNA samples of innocents breaches human rights
02 Dec
New Citizenship Bill to bring compulsory ID cards via the back door
28 Nov
Liberty concerned about heavy-handed tactics against opposition politician
25 Nov
Liberty to support “shock jock” Jon Gaunt in battle with talkSport radio
06 Nov
Liberty warns against expensive and invasive ID card scheme
24 Oct
Liberty argues vulnerable psychiatric patients deserve same protections as prisoners
23 Oct
Law Lords to consider “deportation to torture” appeals
22 Oct
Mother facing separation from her son under Shari’a law granted refuge by Law Lords
14 Oct
VICTORY FOR LIBERTY'S CHARGE OR RELEASE CAMPAIGN
13 Oct
Lords defeat Government on 42 days pre-charge detention
12 Oct
'42 Writers for Liberty' opposing 42 day pre-charge detention
02 Oct
Liberty's response to resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair
30 Sep
New Council of Europe report criticises Government anti-terror plans
24 Sep
Liberty warns against expensive and unnecessary ID card scheme
19 Sep
Liberty urges Government action, not empty promises, for child asylum seekers
16 Sep
Unfair age assessment of child asylum seekers must be scrapped, says Liberty
04 Sep
Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti to address Newcastle University Business School
02 Sep
Liberty brings nationwide campaign against the “Mosquito” to Plymouth City Council
29 Jul
Victory for Sikh schoolgirl unlawfully excluded for wearing religious bangle
18 Jul
Mother facing separation from her son seeks relief from Law Lords
11 Jul
Response to Conservative MP David Davis by-election win
08 Jul
Peers to begin opposition to 42 day pre-charge detention plans
04 Jul
Liberty wins Voluntary Sector Public Affairs Campaign of the year
01 Jul
Government must review Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
01 Jul
Liberty Director says police independence undermined by government interference in annual Police Foundation lecture
27 Jun
Liberty overwhelmed by donation from Desmond Elliott Prize winner Nikita Lalwani
20 Jun
Liberty calls for independent investigation into Harmondsworth disturbance
19 Jun
Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti's letter to Secretary of State Andy Burnham
12 Jun
Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti responds to David Davis resignation in protest of last night's vote on 42 day pre-charge detention
11 Jun
Battle against extending pre-charge detention moves to House of Lords
10 Jun
"Up against the buffers": Fact and fiction about the existing 28 day pre-charge detention limit
10 Jun
Celebrities and MPs join Liberty for Westminster protest against Government’s Counter-Terror plans
03 Jun
Government offers “Cons”, not Concessions on Counter-Terror Bill
23 May
Free speech victory as charges against teen anti-Scientology protestor dropped
19 May
Human rights laws require police to protect witnesses in danger
14 May
Independent inquiry announced into the circumstances surrounding the death of Baha Mousa
24 Apr
Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti tells MPs 54% public believe Government terror proposals meant to look "tough on terror"
07 Apr
Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti calls Government’s counter-terror proposals an “international embarrassment”
01 Apr
Liberty response to Counter-Terrorism Bill second reading
31 Mar
Liberty urges Government to drop controversial pre-charge detention plan on eve of Counter-Terrorism Bill second reading
27 Mar
Ministry of Defence admits human rights violation of Iraqi detainee Baha Mousa and others
06 Mar
Is Government’s ID card roll out first step toward compulsion?
03 Mar
High Court to consider public inquiry into Harmondsworth disturbance
29 Feb
Liberty launches powerful cinema advert in London cinemas to alert public about draconian anti-terror plans
28 Feb
European Court of Human Rights upholds absolute prohibition against torture
27 Feb
European Court of Human Rights DNA case will promote national database debate, says Liberty
21 Feb
Liberty calls for full inquiry into UK role in “extraordinary rendition” flights
06 Feb
Liberty welcomes move to allow intercept evidence in court
04 Feb
MP surveillance case exposes gaps in privacy protection laws
30 Jan
Legislators urged to take anti-terror lessons from Northern Ireland
24 Jan
Government introduces controversial anti-terror measures
23 Jan
High Court grants hearing to decide if exclusion of Sikh schoolgirl for wearing religious bangle is illegal
04 Jan
High Court to determine if Sikh schoolgirl’s exclusion is illegal
03 Jan
MPs widely opposed to extending pre-charge detention in terror cases
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