LIBERTY

Liberty, formerly and still formally called the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL), is an advocacy group and membership organisation based in the United Kingdom, which campaigns to challenge injustice, protect civil liberties and promote human rights – through the courts, in Parliament and in the wider community. The NCCL was founded in 1934 by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith (later Scaffardi). Liberty's aim is to not only protect civil liberties but also to engender a "rights culture" within British society. Liberty announced Martha Spurrier as its new director on 31 March 2016.