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  • 22 February 2012

    Marie Colvin (1957-2012)

    Liberty is incredibly saddened to hear of the death of Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin. She was a courageous journalist who covered conflicts across the globe including in Chechnya, Kosovo and Sierra Leone.Where the world often turned a blind eye, she strove to report the horrors of war the world over - giving a voice to the many voiceless casualties of man’s inhumanity to man.

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  • 22 February 2012

    This isn't fair - this isn't justice

    The plights of Eileen Clark and Christopher Tappin are two further terrifying reminders of the dangers of lopsided instant extradition. Eileen is fighting extradition to the US on “international parental kidnapping” charges. A US citizen, she left her husband John in 1995; taking her three children with her from New Mexico to California. Three years later they moved to Britain, but Eileen’...

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  • 14 February 2012

    For Their Eyes Only: shining a light on plans for secret justice

    We all know that justice must not only be done – it must be seen to be done. Well, all of us it appears apart from those with the most power in our country. Today Liberty launches a new campaign, "For Their Eyes Only", to oppose Government plans as outlined in its latest Green Paper ironically entitled "Justice and Security". These proposals would deal a fatal blow to justice and transparency...

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  • 11 February 2012

    Just security?

    Huge thanks to everyone who has already been in touch about Liberty’s forthcoming campaign against the proposals in the Government’s “Justice and Security” Green Paper. The document might have been better titled “Just Security” with a cover edged in black to mourn the passing of centuries of open justice and equality before the law.You will recall that the proposals would allow future ...

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  • 8 February 2012

    Finally, equal protection for all vulnerable psychiatric patients

    One of the biggest concerns for anyone who loves or cares for someone with a mental illness must surely be the fear that if and when their loved one asks for help, help might not be there. That at the time when their loved one most needs to be kept safe, those whose job it is to keep them safe, may let them down. The parents of Melanie Rabone have suffered every parent’s worst nightmare. Their ...

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