Liberty (pressure Group)
Liberty is a pressure group based in the United Kingdom. Its formal name is the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL). Founded in 1934 by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith (later Scaffardi), the group campaigns to protect civil liberties and promote human rights. Liberty campaigns to protect basic rights and freedoms through the courts, in Parliament and in the wider community. They do this through a combination of public campaigning, test case litigation, parliamentary lobbying, policy analysis and the provision of free advice and information. Its current director is Shami Chakrabarti who took the role in September 2003.
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Famous quotes containing the word liberty:
“A few hours’ mountain climbing turns a rogue and a saint into two roughly equal creatures. Weariness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity—and liberty is finally added by sleep.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)