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November 2, 2020

Martha Spurrier and Gracie Bradley on a challenging but exciting few months ahead

This month Gracie Bradley takes over as Liberty Director while Martha Spurrier is on parent leave. Here’s a short note from each of them on the work Liberty has been doing and on the challenging but exciting months ahead

January 29, 2021

Victory for protest rights in successful Stansted 15 appeal

Liberty welcomes the Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn the convictions of the Stansted 15 protestors.

February 25, 2021

Liberty: scrap the Vagrancy Act – and cruel attitudes to poverty

March 2, 2021

Liberty demands westminster council end harassment of rough sleepers

Liberty's lawyers have written to Westminster Council demanding they stop security guards harassing people sleeping rough.

May 5, 2022

Police drop London-wide sanctions on homeless man after Liberty Challenge

Liberty, acting for a homeless man in Camden, has successfully challenged sanctions handed to him by the police, which criminalised activities such as ‘loitering’ on any pavement or public street in London without a pre-arranged appointment.

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

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