Tory MP David Davis has been hailed by liberals and leftists for his apparently principled stand in defence of civil liberties. In the second of a two-part essay, Chris Marsden examines what he really stands for.

Tory MP David Davis has been hailed by liberals and leftists for his apparently principled stand in defence of civil liberties. In the first of a two-part essay, Chris Marsden examines what he really stands for.

Yes that’s right. Under the Terrorism Act 2000, we no longer have this right – as IMCista explains.

Fifty years after the historic march on Alderston, a protest camp at the atomic weapons based has been outlawed in yet another blow to civil liberties, writes Kim Sengupta.

Thousands of children across the UK have had their fingerprints and DNA taken without explicit informed parental consent. Tamanna Kalhar speaks to Terri Dowty of Action on Rights for Children.

Andy Worthington looks at the poor case for extradition to Spain of the recently returned Guantanamo detainees.

Steve McGiffen asks whether expanded ‘terror’ laws and a new EU force with military status herald the rise of the police state.