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Liberty
@libertyhq
We challenge injustice, defend freedom and campaign so everyone in the UK is treated with dignity and respect. Join us. Stand up to power.
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Oct 14 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING 🚨

From today, spying bodies such as MI5 or MI6 can no longer easily access journalists’ emails, calls, and texts

This follows our seven-year legal challenge supported by @NUJofficial

This is a HUGE VICTORY for press freedom in the UK a still graphic of the word "BREAKING" in large white text on a plain green background Under the Investigatory Powers Act, state bodies could search for confidential journalistic material without needing permission

They collected this data through ‘bulk’ interception and hacking devices

Leaving communications between journalists and their sources at risk
May 30 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
General Elections are a time of hope - a chance to build the society we all want

Join our call for the next Government to protect and respect everyone's human rights

#GeneralElection2024 We're calling on the next Government to

1⃣protect everyone's rights and freedoms equally
2⃣treat everyone with dignity and respect
3⃣defend everyone's ability to challenge those in power

⬇️Join our call here🔗 libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/vo…
May 21 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING

We said we would #DefendDemocracy...

AND WE'VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament Liberty lawyers and campaigners outside the Royal Courts of Justice holding a banner and placards saying "DEFEND DEMOCRACY" with photographers taking pictures in the foreground Last summer Suella Braverman changed the definition of “serious disruption” to mean “more than minor” – giving police almost unlimited powers to shut down protests

We said this move was

UNDEMOCRATIC
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
UNACCEPTABLE

And today, the Court has said it was UNLAWFUL
Feb 28 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING 

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman made anti-protest laws she had no power to create 

 So we’re in court today to #DefendDemocracy A photograph of the Liberty team at the Royal Courts of Justice this morning with banners and placards that say "Defend Democracy" Last summer Suella Braverman changed the definition of “serious disruption” to mean “more than minor” – giving police almost unlimited powers to shut down protests

She had no power to do this

Parliament had rejected it when Gov tried to insert it into the Public Order Bill
Feb 19 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
VICTORY

The Government is changing spy laws to protect freedom of the press after Liberty’s legal challenge a still graphic of the word "BREAKING" in large white text on a plain green background Following our 7-year legal challenge supported by @NUJofficial, Gov's agreed to bring in new safeguards to protect journalists from having confidential material - eg communications with sources - easily accessed by state bodies
libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/governme…
Oct 4, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING UPDATE

The judge has given us the go-ahead

Suella Braverman: WE’LL SEE YOU IN COURT

#DefendDemocracy A photograph of Suella Braverman. Text across the image reads: SEE YOU IN COURT The Home Secretary has made protest restrictions she had no power to create

They were already rejected by Parliament

Our parliamentary democracy exists to make sure governments can’t just do whatever they want

We’re taking the Home Secretary to court to #DefendDemocracy
Sep 3, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
🎂Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights🎂

The ECHR came into force 70 years ago today

And it's been making the UK a better place ever since

libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/5-ways-t… 1⃣THE ECHR PUTS YOUR BASIC RIGHTS INTO LAW

The ECHR was drafted in the aftermath of the Second World War

For the first time, it declared everyone’s rights and freedoms which must be respected and protected by the State

All the rights we’re familiar with come from the ECHR
Jun 27, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: The Gov's Bill of Rights has been *officially* scrapped

Good riddance

Raab's #RightsRemovalBill would have ripped up our Human Rights Act, put people in harm’s way and hid the powerful from accountability We all want to live in an equal, just and fair society, where governments and public bodies act in our best interests

For more than 20 years our Human Rights Act has empowered everyone in the UK to stand up to people in power when our rights are abused
Dec 16, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
We all want to feel safe in our communities - but police 'use of force' stats show safety is often not a reality for Black people

Figures show people 'perceived as Black' are at greater risk of harm

Racism runs through British policing
gov.uk/government/sta… Dehumanising police tactics don’t keep us safe

They subject people to traumatic and distressing experiences, leaving a lasting impact on individuals and communities
Oct 28, 2022 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
The theme for #BlackHistoryMonth 2022 is Time for Change: Action Not Words

Here are some incredible organisations doing amazing work
⬇️⬇️⬇️ Kids of Colour @KidsOfColourHQ is a project for young people of colour to explore race, identity and culture.

They create spaces to challenge the racism that affects young people and their communities; building collective resistance and solidarity.
kidsofcolour.com
Sep 7, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
BREAKING

The Government has reportedly shelved the #RightsRemovalBill 🎉🎉

An incredible victory a graphic that reads "BREAKING" in large white let Hearing from multiple sources that the Gov's so-called bill of rights, the #RightsRemovableBill that would strip people of their rights and freedoms has been postponed.

MPs were meant to vote on it for the first time on Monday 12 September.

Not anymore
Aug 24, 2022 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Don't look now @RishiSunak & @trussliz - some more truths just in:

The #RightsRemovalBill will let the Government decide who does and doesn't get rights and will take rights away from migrants.

But the public says... 77% say everyone in the UK ... @RishiSunak @trussliz The Human Rights Act forces public authorities - like Gov and police - to respect your rights.

This duty forced the second inquest into the Hillsborough disaster that finally got to the truth.

The #RightsRemovalBill will let public bodies ignore your rights.

The public says... 77% say public authorities ...
Aug 5, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Can we have one day without some new horrible discriminatory rights-abusing Government proposal? The Government is intent on wrecking privacy rights and monitoring us.
Jun 24, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING

Liberty wins legal case against the #SnoopersCharter - the powers used to spy on the UK population.

It is UNLAWFUL for security services to get people's private phone records, texts, location + internet history without independent authorisation.
libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-… Today the High Court has ruled it is unlawful for the security services – MI5, MI6 and GCHQ – to obtain people's communications data from telecom providers without having prior independent authorisation, when those bodies are carrying out criminal investigations.
Jun 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
MPs from across Parliament and 150 organisations demand full scrutiny of the Government's planned bill that will rip up our #HumanRightsAct

Gov's refusing.

What are they so afraid of?*
theguardian.com/law/2022/jun/2… *rhetorical question. We know it's any form of accountability.
May 18, 2022 • 78 tweets • 13 min read
#PublicOrderBill explainer🧵

When Gov says Parliament must have the final say on laws, apparently that's only if Gov likes the result.

One House of Parliament famously binned their worst anti-protest proposals in Jan.

Now Gov's brought them back.

(brace yourself, it’s long) a black and white image of ... Gov's anti-protest Policing Bill saw the #KillTheBill movement develop as Gov faced a whole year of resistance.

In an attempt to hide from accountability for its actions, Gov wanted to give police more powers to shut down protests it doesn't like and criminalise demonstrators.
Mar 21, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING

The Met Police has dropped a Community Protection Notice criminalising begging and entering a shop "without a valid reason" after our client started legal action.

This u-turn sends a message to police and councils to stop criminalising poverty
libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/police-d… Some public bodies like the police, community support officers and local authorities can issue Community Protection Notices (CPNs) that require a person to either do or not do certain things.

It is a criminal offence not to follow a CPN.
Mar 21, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🚨The #PolicingBill is back TOMORROW🚨

Protest isn't a gift from the State - it's OUR RIGHT

But Gov wants to criminalise noisy protests

Noise is at the heart of protest

The House of Lords must continue to stand up for protest rights + reject this plan Protest is a core pillar of our democracy, but the #PolicingBill risks criminalising people who take to the streets for a cause they believe in, from racial justice campaigners to people trying to save their local library.
Mar 9, 2022 • 26 tweets • 13 min read
The consultation on Gov's 'overhaul' of the #HumanRightsAct closed yesterday (if you need easy read or audio, deadline is 19 April).

A quick look around shows:

1⃣lots of love for the HRA

2⃣a clear rejection of Gov's attempts to weaken rights to make itself untouchable

⬇️⬇️⬇️ First up, our own response...

"Our starting point is that we dispute the premise underlying the exercise."

It doesn't get any better for Gov from there tbh
Mar 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING

On the day the Government's #HumanRightsAct consultation closes, new polling shows the public reject Gov's agenda of attempting to make itself untouchable. A graphic showing new polling carried out by Liberty on top A graphic displaying text on top of an image of the Prime Mi The Government wants to rip up our #HumanRightsAct.

The only people who benefit from weakening rights are those in power - and that's a Gov that's also:

🔘making it harder to challenge it in court
🔘criminalising protest
🔘stopping people voting
🔘dodging scrutiny from MPs
Mar 7, 2022 • 30 tweets • 8 min read
The Government's consultation on its proposed 'overhaul' of our #HumanRightsAct closes tomorrow.

This isn’t a plan to improve the system.

It’s an attempt to weaken everyone's human rights and hide from accountability for their actions.

⬇️EXPLAINER🧵 libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/explaine… THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

In a functioning democracy, people must be able to hold the powerful to account.

The #HumanRightsAct enables everyone in the UK to do just that and stand up for our rights when public authorities – like Gov + local councils – fall short.