07/04/2008 Liberty’s Director Shami Chakrabarti will tell the Foreign Press Association that controversial measures in the Government’s Counter-Terrorism bill will undermine Britain’s international reputation as a country which respects the rule of law.
01/04/2008 Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti responds to the second reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Commons.
31/03/2008 On the eve of the Counter-Terrorism Bill’s second reading, the human rights group Liberty has urged the Government to drop controversial plans to hold suspects for up to 42 days without charge. For nine months, Liberty has been organizing a cross-party political and public campaign against the divisive policy, which would create injustice and undermine community relations.