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Banning Palestine Action may be ‘escalation too far’, says Labour peer

The concerns come as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will update Parliament on Monday on the Government’s plan to ban Palestine Action.

The Independent UK

Proscribing Palestine Action a terrorist group may be ‘escalation too far’ - Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti

Baroness Shami Chakrabarti: It’s ‘one thing’ to be a threat to property, but it is ‘another thing altogether’ for a whole group to be proscribed as terrorists

Evening Standard

Victoria Derbyshire Explodes in Fiery Newsnight Clash with Labour Politician: "Shame on Them

Monday night’s episode of Newsnight turned into a heated debate as Victoria Derbyshire grilled Labour politician Shami Chakrabarti on the government’s upcoming welfare cuts.

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Big tech firms profit from disorder. Don’t let them use these riots to push for more surveillance

Live facial recognition can seem like a solution to criminality. But it magnifies injustice, and violates our civil liberties, says lawyer Shami Chakrabarti

The Guardian - UK

Labour deny promising peerages to get MPs to stand down

THE Labour Party has denied offering peerages to former Labour MPs as incentives to quit and allow allies of Keir Starmer to stand in their…

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott still weighing up whether to stand for Labour, ally says, amid peerage offer claim

Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti said she had advised her friend to ‘take some time to consider what she wants to do’

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott says she intends to ‘run and win’ as Labour candidate

Party veteran says she has never been offered Lords seat and would not accept if offered

The Guardian - UK

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Human Rights: The Case for the Defence by Shami Chakrabarti review – freedoms fighter treads a fine line

The Labour peer and former Liberty director makes a clear, impassioned case for human rights law, but steers surprisingly clear of thorny political arguments

The Guardian - UK

Human Rights Act will be safe with a Labour government

Letters: James Toon, who helped develop the act in the 1990s, responds to an article by Shami Chakrabarti on the pressing need for equal treatment

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Shami Chakrabarti’s cultural highlights

The politician and lawyer on Salman Rushdie’s remarkable memoir, Manchester’s magnificent music school and powerful depictions of wars both real and imagined

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda bill likely to be stalled at least till April after seven defeats in the Lords

Peers voted for numerous amendments making it improbable the legislation will return to the Commons this side of Easter

The Guardian - UK

‘It risks miscarriages of justice’: MPs oppose rap lyrics being used as evidence in UK trials

MPs Nadia Whittome and Kim Johnson, plus figures including Shami Chakrabarti and Annie Mac, support Art Not Evidence campaign against contentious use of lyrics

The Guardian - UK

Labour peer condemns ‘cover-up’ of undercover police officer’s ‘vile’ deception

Shami Chakrabarti urges home secretary to address lack of safeguards around undercover operations after latest revelations

The Guardian - UK

Starmer claims Sunak ‘weak’ for failing to block Boris Johnson’s honours list

The pair clashed at PMQs after several days of Tory infighting.

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Dis Life: Voter ID tantamount to 'gerrymandering' – and biggest election losers? Disabled people

While many activists rail against Conservative policies, there are, as Jacob Rees-Mogg points out, many Disabled people who do still vote Tory

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson told: "It's time to deliver justice for Britain's nuclear test veterans"

Campaigners have asked the Prime Minister to use his last week in office to fulfil his promise to the victims of Cold War radiation experiments

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Tom Holland’s dad Dom was offered ‘untold riches’ for TV show

Keeping Up with Spider-Man off the cards / Normal People star still feels ‘normal’ / Pagan parties / The PM’s penchant for a riddle / Peer criticises Kahlo exhibition

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on public order: criminalising protest is bad for democracy

Editorial: Boris Johnson criticises repressive laws in dictatorships but is emulating them at home

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The Guardian - UK

This British ‘bill of rights’ is constitutional butchery that will make us all less free

The 1998 Human Rights Act, an outstanding legal achievement, is being taken apart simply to empower the government, says former shadow attorney general, Shami Chakrabarti

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What the Angela Rayner story tells us about misogyny in Westminster

In today’s newsletter: Archie Bland and Nimo Omer speak to MPs and peers about the toxic environment for women in parliament

The Guardian - UK

Labour women lead push to make it easier for mothers to run for parliament

A campaign has been set up by MP Stella Creasy to counter the ‘motherhood penalty’ in the party’s selection process

The Guardian - UK

Labour peer proposes vaccine patent waivers during pandemic in health bill

Shami Chakrabarti amendment seeks to avoid future shortfall of vaccines in poorer countries

The Guardian - UK

The nationality bill makes it clear: some British citizens are more equal than others

Clause 9 will make it easier for the government to strip people of UK citizenship. That’s why we oppose it, say peers Shami Chakrabarti and Simon Woolley

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