Liberty - Protecting Civil Liberties Promoting Human Rights : 2009

2009

- 15 Dec Council struck common sense balance between equal treatment and freedom of conscience
- 11 Dec Human rights leaders honoured at Liberty and Justice Human Rights Awards
- 10 Dec The truth about Britain's values
- 01 Dec High Court condemns use of secret evidence
- 27 Nov Home Secretary fails vulnerable hacker
- 25 Nov Liberty welcomes O'Connor protest policing report
- 19 Nov Jenny Willott MP and Liberty hold DNA clinic in Cardiff
- 11 Nov Government announces innocents will continue to be held on DNA database
- 05 Nov Secretive surveillance powers openly challenged for the first time
- 04 Nov House of Lords battle to stop future Gary McKinnons
- 30 Oct Liberty, Inquest and Justice hold parliamentary meeting as opposition to secret inquests mounts
- 29 Oct Supreme Court rebalances law on enhanced CRB disclosures
- 28 Oct Government concede modern day slavery legal gap
- 23 Oct Liberty comment on BNP appearance on Question Time
- 23 Oct Crucial vote expected on Monday: Will modern slavery be outlawed?
- 22 Oct Director of Public Prosecutions defends Human Rights Act
- 21 Oct Secret inquests defeated in the House of Lords
- 20 Oct Government attempts to revive secret inquests
- 19 Oct Sensible and tactical retreat by Government on DNA
- 16 Oct Liberty condemns 'rotten' extradition laws
- 12 Oct Sir Hugh Orde to speak on peaceful protest
- 05 Oct New Tory book in support of the Human Rights Act
- 29 Sep Partnership between Liberty and young racing driver
- 24 Sep British Airways attempts to force freedom of conscience case out of court
- 24 Sep Diane Abbott MP and Liberty hold DNA clinic in Hackney
- 16 Sep Government digs in heels over unsafe and unfair control order regime
- 27 Aug 'Don't let Gary go' American Civil Liberties Union joins calls to stop unfair extradition
- 20 Aug Liberty response to removal of Conservative MP's record from DNA database
- 20 Aug Diane Abbott MP and Liberty to hold DNA clinic in Hackney
- 09 Aug Liberty calls for independent inquiry into torture collusion claims
- 04 Aug Liberty welcomes JCHR’s call for inquiry into UK complicity in torture
- 31 Jul Liberty condemns High Court extradition decision
- 31 Jul Control orders: Government says ‘heads we win; tails you lose’
- 30 Jul Another Home Secretary; another ID card launch - as public support for the scheme sinks
- 29 Jul Who cares about your privacy? Liberty joins forces with filmmaker to highlight dangers of ID card scheme
- 23 Jul Liberty condemns extradition of Andrew Symeou
- 15 Jul Control Orders in court once more
- 08 Jul Liberty response to claims UK 'outsourced torture'
- 08 Jul Former Director of Public Prosecutions, Ken MacDonald QC, joins with Liberty & Anti-Slavery International to push for slavery law
- 07 Jul Liberty response to O'Connor Report on Policing Protest
- 01 Jul ID cards - when is a climbdown not a climbdown?
- 30 Jun Liberty response to Home Office ID cards announcement
- 18 Jun Former Minister of State for Trade condemns UK’s unfair extradition laws
- 15 Jun Control orders, torture techniques and the rise of the BNP - Does Britain still care about human rights?
- 10 Jun 'I have lost my family, I have lost everything'. Courts once again consider control orders as controlee begs to leave the UK
- 10 Jun Liberty responds to House of Lords judgment on control orders
- 08 Jun Yvette Cooper urged to dump James Purnell’s drug tests for the unemployed
- 03 Jun Liberty responds to Home Secretary’s departure
- 03 Jun Politicians, artists and celebrities unite in 75 years of Liberty celebration
- 02 Jun Liberty welcomes 'stay of extradition'
- 15 May Government climb-down on secret inquests
- 07 May Liberty response to Home Office DNA Database proposals
- 01 May Liberty condemn High Court extradition decision
- 29 Apr Liberty applauds former Home Secretary’s denunciation of ID cards scheme
- 27 Apr Liberty welcomes Government climb-down on centralised communications database
- 20 Apr Response to police search for information about Liberty in MP emails
- 17 Apr Full investigation into riot policing methods needed in the wake of G20 protests
- 26 Mar Liberty welcomes police investigation into Binyam Mohamed torture case
- 24 Mar Battle against secret inquests moves to the House of Lords
- 18 Mar ‘What about the victims?’ - Inquest and Liberty hold parliamentary meeting on Government plans for secret inquests
- 17 Mar Liberty wins ruling against Home Secretary over Harmondsworth disturbance
- 16 Mar ‘But what about the victims?’ - Inquest and Liberty to hold parliamentary meeting on Government plans for secret inquests
- 06 Mar Coroners and Justice Bill could allow black-listing databases
- 02 Mar Liberty urges MPs to vote down control orders
- 24 Feb Happy Birthday Liberty
- 19 Feb Court of Human Rights rules indefinite detention without charge wrong
- 04 Feb Foreign Office claims Obama blocking torture judgment
- 27 Jan Liberty and the American Civil Liberties Union build “new special relationship”
- 21 Jan Liberty issues asylum election warning
- Liberty welcomes amendment to make extradition fairer