Shami Chakrabarti
- 07 Jun 2008ByShami Chakrabarti
Detention without charge tramples rights won over centuries, says Shami Chakrabarti. Labour MPs must resist prolonging it just for party posturing
- 24 Jan 2008ByShami Chakrabarti
Make no mistake: these new powers to detain suspects for six weeks trash centuries of British justice and shame us in the eyes of the world. Shami Chakrabarti reports.
- 11 Jan 2006ByShami Chakrabarti
Cameron could give substance to the “compassionate Conservatism” tag by keeping his predecessors promise on asylum.
- 09 Jun 2005ByShami Chakrabarti
Why did this government have to be told it was acting inhumanely?
- 16 Feb 2005ByShami Chakrabarti
Indefinite detention without trial as in the government’s terror laws runs roughshod over the ancient right to liberty and modern human rights legislation.