Shami Chakrabarti

Shami Chakrabarti

A Barrister by background, Shami Chakrabarti has been Director of Liberty (The National Council for Civil Liberties) since September 2003. She has been recently appointed a Governor of the London School of Economics and the British Film Institute and a Master of the Bench of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.

Articles by Shami Chakrabarti

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9/11 memories: Shami Chakrabarti

  • 07 September 2011

We asked the director of Liberty: where were you on 9/11?

Return to sender

  • 03 December 2009

These values we hold dear

  • 16 October 2008
  • 7 comments

An exhibition on Britain's fight for civil liberties is a humbling reminder of how precious those rights are

Shami Chakrabarti on the Chindamo case and human rights

  • 24 August 2007
  • 6 comments

Shami Chakrabarti argues why David Cameron owes Mrs Lawrence an apology, and Douglas Murray director of the Centre for Social Cohesion argues why the Human Rights Act should be condemned yet again.

Human Rights

  • 11 May 2007
  • 2 comments

Shami Chakrabarti gives her view on how things have changed in the realm of civil liberties.

Diary - Shami Chakrabarti

  • 26 September 2005
  • 1 comment

I've had it with the well-meaning pragmatists. If one more of them tries to persuade me of the virtues of deporting people to Algeria, my response will not be printable. By Shami Chakrabarti

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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