Biography
Shami Chakrabarti is a British barrister, human rights campaigner and Labour politician. She served as director of the civil liberties organisation Liberty from 2003 to 2016 and was created Baroness Chakrabarti in 2016, sitting in the House of Lords.
Chakrabarti appears as herself in the 2007 documentary Taking Liberties, which examines the erosion of civil liberties under the Blair government. She has made numerous other television appearances as a commentator and panellist.
