Help us expose hidden human rights abuses

Aim

Help fund rigorous investigations that expose human rights abuses and hold power to account.

Liberty Investigates is exposing some of the most urgent and hidden human rights abuses in the UK. 

This work changes lives and forces accountability. But these complex, long‑term investigations take time, resources, and expertise. Liberty Investigates relies on the generosity of supporters like you to keep doing this urgent work.

In a climate where surveillance is expanding, protest rights are under threat, and vulnerable communities face increasing harm, we cannot afford to let these stories go untold.

Your donation will help fund rigorous investigations, amplify marginalised voices, and hold those in power to account.

To continue uncovering the truth and protecting everyone’s rights, Liberty Investigates needs you. Please donate today.

Be part of our fearless investigations

The work produced by our small team has influenced policies and public opinion. We’ve led the way with our reporting on the campus protest crackdown and the rise of facial recognition in policing. 

Since launching in 2019, our investigations, published with the likes of The Guardian, The Times and Sky News, have exposed:

•    UK police tracking children as young as 12 with live facial recognition, raising profound safeguarding and privacy concerns

•    UK universities surveilling students' social media and emails after arms companies raised concerns about campus protests

•    A shocking pattern of suicides in asylum seeker accommodation, and harrowing evidence of the dangerous conditions many are forced to endure

 •    Police forces lobbying for the use of facial recognition technology that they know to be racially and gender biased

•    Misuse of outdated policing powers to clamp down on pro‑Palestine protests

We’ve punched above our weight and had some huge successes – but there is always more to do. Attacks on protest go on, surveillance technologies are being rolled out at scale and our rights continue to be threatened.

Right now, our work has never been more urgent. To keep exposing wrongdoing and defending human rights, we need your support.

Here's how your donation can help

Your support could help ensure Liberty Investigates can pursue complex investigations that hold power to account. 

This work involves nurturing contacts, trawling through minutes of public meetings, months-long freedom of information battles, creating and analysing datasets and, crucially, building trust with the people who are most affected. 

Here’s how your donation could help us support the work of Liberty Investigates:

£10 could pay for a coffee for a confidential conversation with a whistleblower, creating a safe space for them to share sensitive information

£100 could cover the time required to submit Freedom of Information requests to police forces across the country, uncovering essential data showing how facial recognition is being used

£250 could fund a day’s digging through police procurement records to follow the money being spent on surveillance tech

£300-£500 could pay for legal advice from a specialist media lawyer, an essential pre-publication step when working on investigations that hold the powerful to account

£1,000 could pay for 5 community journalism sessions with young people from underrepresented backgrounds, helping them to investigate human rights issues in their communities 

£5,000 could go towards funding a complex investigation – covering costs including research, travel, legal reviews, and the dedicated work of a small team to expose injustice

Thank you for your support.

Your donation will go to the Civil Liberties Trust, a registered charity (no. 1024948) which works closely with Liberty. Liberty is the trading name of The National Council for Civil Liberties, a registered company in England and Wales (no. 03260840). The address for both is Liberty House 26-30 Strutton Ground, London, SW1P 2HR. Liberty Investigates is an editorially independent team of investigative journalists at Liberty.

Any unused or additional funds raised will be used to support Liberty’s work to protect and promote human rights in the UK. We adhere to the Fundraising Code of Practice and strive to offer the best possible service to our supporters. Read our supporter promise.

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