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Shami Chakrabarti

Shame as Liberty Turns Its Back on Liberty for Journalists

Neil Wallis | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Journalists, Liberty, Leveson, UK Impact, Mike Sullivan, Shami Chakrabarti, Neil Wallis, UK Media, UK-Issues, Operation Weeting, Operation Elveden, Leveson Report, UK Press, Leveson Inquiry, UK News
Neil Wallis

Liberty's website declares on its home page "Working to PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES, and PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS for everyone". But does that "everyone" not include journalists?

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'I Believe It Must Be Implemented In Full'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Hacked Off, Liberty, Leveson Publication, Leveson, UK News, Human Rights, Shami Chakrabarti, Freedom of Expression, Article Ten, Leveson Report, News, Civil Rights, Leveson Inquiry, UK News

The man who won libel damages after his arrest over the murder of a woman has penned a letter to MPs asking them to support the Leveson recommendation...

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Compulsory Leveson Reform 'Could Breach Human Rights'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Hacked Off, Liberty, UK News, Leveson, Human Rights, Shami Chakrabarti, Freedom of Expression, Article Ten, News, Civil Rights, UK News

A key adviser to Lord Justice Leveson claims his last resort option for compulsory press reform would be illegal as it would "coerce" newspapers into ...

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Jessica Elgot

The Millionaire Businessman On A Mission To Keep Terror Suspects In The UK

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 06.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Melanie Riley, Karl-Watkin, Shami Chakrabarti, Terrorism, UK Politics, Babar Ahmad, Natwest Three, Poll, Liberty, UK News, Human Rights, Gary McKinnon, US Extradition, David Bermingham, UK Business, UK Extradition, US-UK Extradition, UK News

What could bring together two terrorism suspects, an alleged computer hacker and a multimillionaire businessman with an MBE? Northumbria entreprene...

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Attorney General Contradicts Theresa May Over Human Rights Act

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 03.12.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Shami Chakrabarti, UK Conservative Party, Nick Clegg, UK Law, Human Rights Act, Dominic Greive, Conservative Party Conference, Conservative-Party-Conference, Liberal Democrats, UK Politics News

The Attorney General has contradicted the Home Secretary by suggesting the UK has "much to thank" for the Human Rights Act. His comments came after...

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The News of the World: no Wonder They Hated Human Rights...

Shami Chakrabarti | Posted 07.09.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Journalists, Human Rights, News of the World, Free Speech, Phone-Hacking, Democratic Society, Convention, Democracy, Human Rights Act, Fair Trials, British Bill of Rights, Privacy, Journalism, Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, UK Politics News
Shami Chakrabarti

Any dangerous attempts at state censorship of the press should rightly be resisted with the help of Article 10, which guarantees free speech. But whatever happens in the future, press tirades against our modern British Bill of Rights - the Human Rights Act, which protects dignity, equal treatment and fairness for everyone - will ring rather hollow from now on.

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The Huffington Post UK Launch Live Blog: Arianna Huffington And Guests

The Huffington Post | Dina Rickman | Posted 05.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Alastair Campbell, Shami Chakrabarti, Kelly Osborne, Richard Bacon, Celia Walden, Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post UK, UK News

Check here for live updates from our launch debate on the state of the media with Arianna Huffington, Alastair Campbell, Jon Gaunt, Kelly Osbourne, jo...

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