Under current anti-terror laws you can be detained and questioned by police for up to 28 days without being charged. The Government is proposing to extend this even further, to 42 days. Our campaign to stop these dangerous proposals becoming law now moves to the House of Lords.
22/08/2008 At a special hearing on Tuesday 26 August, Liberty will urge Plymouth City Council to ban the “Mosquito device,” which forces young people out of public areas by emitting a high-pitched squeal audible to under 25 year olds.
29/07/2008 Today the High Court awarded victory to a Sikh schoolgirl who was excluded from school for wearing a religious bangle, upholding a 25-year-old Law Lords ruling allowing Sikhs to wear items representing their faith.
18/07/2008 A Lebanese woman who fled an abusive husband to retain custody of their son is to ask the Law Lords to protect her human right to raise her son by halting her deportation.