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August 16, 2017

Coalition group slams Met’s plan to use facial rec at Notting Hill Carnival

Coalition including Liberty, Privacy International, StopWatch and Black Lives Matter calls on the Met to abandon their plans.

How I stood up to power

Stories of ordinary people standing up to power.

July 8, 2022

Liberty responds to the announcement of new Metropolitan Police Commissioner

December 4, 2018

Liberty launches “care don’t share” campaign and report

Liberty and National Education Union call for an end to government data-sharing practices.

March 17, 2021

Liberty’s view on the Policing Bill: striking at the heart of democracy

For more than 80 years, we’ve fought off many egregious attempts to curtail our rights and we won’t stop now.

July 5, 2021

Mass petition shows scale of dissent as oppressive Policing Bill returns to Parliament

Facial Recognition

Facial recognition technology is being used by police and private companies in publicly accessible places. It breaches everyone’s human rights, discriminates against people of colour and is unlawful. It’s time to ban it.

April 14, 2022

It’s crunch time for some of the Government’s most dangerous Bills

How does the new Policing Act affect my protest rights?

As the Government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act comes into effect, we explain the main protest law changes and what they mean for protesters.

November 11, 2022

Met to overhaul ‘racist’ Gangs Matrix after landmark legal challenge

• Met agrees ‘wholesale change’ to its secretive Gangs Matrix after admitting that the operation of the database was unlawful • The Matrix breached the right to a private and family life and Black people are disproportionately represented on it • The Met agrees to remove the majority of individuals from the Matrix as a result of Liberty’s legal challenge on behalf of Awate Suleiman and UNJUST UK • Met agrees to inform people who ask if they are on the Matrix, who their data has been shared with and what that data was

How should the police treat us?

How should the police treat us? What are the standards of professional behaviour? How can I complain?

May 18, 2023

Public Order Act – what do you need to know?