United Kingdom.

This article offers information on political rights and civil liberties in Great Britain during the period 2001-2002. Citizens can change their government democratically. Legal attempts by the government to combat crime and corruption have been widely denounced as dangerous to basic freedoms. Government policy provides for freedom of religion, and the Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of religious affiliation. Though uncensored and mostly private, the British press is subject to strict libel and obscenity laws.