ID cards, 42 days, surveillance - necessary measures to improve our security, or unacceptable curbs on our rights and freedoms? As David Davis forces a byelection in the name of civil liberties, Comment is Free asks: what does liberty mean in Britain today?
Rachel North: What liberty means to me: I was in a tube carriage when a suicide bomber blew himself up on July 7 2005. That is why I oppose 42-day detention
David Craigg: What liberty means to me: Our newfound fear of moving around freely and expressing our values is the greatest loss of liberty in Britain today
What liberty means to me
The poll's the thing
Ros Taylor
Ros Taylor: What liberty means to me: Is the public in favour of 42 days or not? It depends on how you ask the question
What liberty means to me
Locating liberty
Moazzam Begg
What liberty means to me: Moazzam Begg: Like most rights, freedom is taken for granted by many people – especially when they are free
Nikita Lalwani: What liberty means to me: Britain's treatment of children seeking asylum exposes our double standards over civil liberties
What liberty means to me
Human rights must be universally upheld
Irene Khan
What liberty means to me: Irene Khan: Repressive regimes tell me Amnesty should stop the UK's human rights abuses before we criticise them. Britain needs to set an example
What liberty means to me
The value of a self-governed life
Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves: What liberty means to me: John Stuart Mill's On Liberty demonstrates that freedom is not a right – it is a choice
