Liberty

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Liberty, officially the "National Council for Civil Liberties", is a membership organisation that challenges injustice, defends freedom and campaigns to make sure everyone in the UK is treated fairly. Liberty challenges injustice, defends freedom and campaigns to make sure everyone in the UK is treated fairly.ref

We are campaigners, lawyers and policy experts who work together to hold the powerful to account, protect rights and challenge abuse of power wherever we find it. We give people information, advice and tools to defend their own rights and those of their family, friends and communities.
We do this through a combination of public campaigning, test case litigation, parliamentary work and policy analysis, and the provision of free legal advice and information.ref

Civil Liberties Trust

The Civil Liberties Trust is a registered charity (No. 1024948) that works to promote human rights and civil liberties through research, policy work, litigation, education and advice. It works in parallel with Liberty and is based in the same building.
The Trust pursues its objectives by funding Liberty to carry out specifically charitable work. Most of the Trust's direct charitable expenditure is by grants to Liberty to fund work in the areas of information, research, publications, advice and legal services.ref

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  • Jun.06.2018: Anti-terrorism plans 'will make thoughtcrime a reality' Anti-terrorism proposals have been unveiled by the govt that would make it an offence for people to publicly support a banned group even if they did not encourage others to do so. Liberty said it was alarmed at the plans to amend existing offences under the planned counter-terrorism and border security bill, details of which were announced on Wednesday. The proposed amendments making it easier to target people who support proscribed groups such as Islamic State would include a potential offence of displaying an associated flag or item of clothing. Rachel Robinson, Liberty’s policy manager, said: “Blurring the boundary between thought and action by locking people up simply for exploring ideas undermines the foundations of our criminal justice system,” she said. "Terrorists’ primary goal is to undermine our freedom. With proposals like this, the govt risks giving them exactly what they want." Peter Walker, The Guardian. Linkback: Mass Surveillance