Under current anti-terror laws you can be locked up for up to 28 days without being charged. After an overwhelming defeat in the House of Lords, the Government has dropped its dangerous proposal to extend this period to 42 days.
06/11/2008 Liberty responds to the Home Secretary’s announcement that the ID cards roll-out will be accelerated with private contractors taking sensitive biometric details.
24/10/2008 The same ‘right to life’ test should apply to patients detained in psychiatric hospitals as it does to prisoners, said the human rights group Liberty today.
23/10/2008 Details of Algeria’s human rights record should not be subject to secret hearings by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) when determining if Algerian nationals are to be returned to the risk of torture, said the human rights group Liberty today.
22/10/2008 A Lebanese woman who fled her abusive husband to retain custody of their son will be allowed to remain in the UK following a significant House of Lords’ ruling today.
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