Archive: Liberty

Shami Chakrabart: "I criticise ministers in public, litigate them in court and then sometimes have a drink with them afterwards"

Exit Interview: Shami Chakrabarti

As Shami Chakrabarti steps down as director of Liberty, she talks to Politics.co.uk about Theresa May, British democracy and what home secretaries are like in private

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BHA celebrates Mill's On Liberty (1859-2009)

John Stuart Mill is a prominent figure in the humanist tradition and his essay, On Liberty, is pivotal in thinking about the political values that underpin the humanist vision of an open society.
Unlock Democracy: Modern Liberty - what's next?

Unlock Democracy: Modern Liberty - what's next?
BHA: Victory for equality and liberty: Christian B&B owners found guilty of discrimination

A landmark court judgment which has found that Christian hotel owners had unlawfully discriminated on grounds of sexual orientation has been welcomed by the British Humanist Association as a victory for equality and liberty.

Comment: A state power grab against the rule of law

A vital mechanism for holding state power to account, judicial review is currently undergoing death by a thousand cuts.
Happy birthday justice secretary: Campaigners prepare book present for Grayling

Chris Grayling to be given dozens of books for his birthday, as campaigners try to embarrass him over the prisoner book ban