'proscription of Palestine Action is in danger of becoming a mistake of poll tax proportions' Shami Chakrabarti #CaseForTheDefence www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Palestine Action ban ‘could become Starmer’s poll tax moment’ as backlash grows
Baroness Chakrabarti said the proscription of the group risks exacerbating community tensions, and campaigners warned the ban was a threat to freedom of speech
www.independent.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
'proscription of Palestine Action is in danger of becoming a mistake of poll tax proportions' Shami Chakrabarti #CaseForTheDefence www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
...tut and roll our (non-existent) eyes in defence of our rights and freedoms. Follow along, like and share your thoughts. Is there any person or group we should follow or campaign we should shout about? Let us know! #CaseForTheDefence
December 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
...tut and roll our (non-existent) eyes in defence of our rights and freedoms. Follow along, like and share your thoughts. Is there any person or group we should follow or campaign we should shout about? Let us know! #CaseForTheDefence
Shami's at the @coe.int this week....watch this space for updates #CaseForTheDefence
June 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Shami's at the @coe.int this week....watch this space for updates #CaseForTheDefence
Are you at the @ioe.bsky.social for the International Association for Human Rights Education Conference? Shami will be giving a keynote speech -a must-listen for all who care about education and rights. #CaseForTheDefence global-iahre.org/research/
2025 IAHRE Conference – 12-13 June 2025 – London
Human Rights Education and Youth Empowerment Thursday 12 June from 12.30pm and Friday 13 June 2025 9.30 – 16.00 Venue: IOE UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0…
global-iahre.org
June 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Are you at the @ioe.bsky.social for the International Association for Human Rights Education Conference? Shami will be giving a keynote speech -a must-listen for all who care about education and rights. #CaseForTheDefence global-iahre.org/research/
What’s at stake when human rights are under attack?
Join Shami Chakrabarti this Thursday, 5 June
📍 Anglia Ruskin University
🎟️ £12 / £10 concessions
Don't miss this important conversation (and Shami will be signing books too!) #CaseForTheDefence
👉 essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-rights
Join Shami Chakrabarti this Thursday, 5 June
📍 Anglia Ruskin University
🎟️ £12 / £10 concessions
Don't miss this important conversation (and Shami will be signing books too!) #CaseForTheDefence
👉 essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-rights
Events - Essex Book Festival
Join leading British human rights lawyer and campaigner, Shami Chakrabarti for a powerful discussion on Human Rights: The Case for the Defence. This urgent, powerful book demonstrates why human rights...
essexbookfestival.org.uk
June 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What’s at stake when human rights are under attack?
Join Shami Chakrabarti this Thursday, 5 June
📍 Anglia Ruskin University
🎟️ £12 / £10 concessions
Don't miss this important conversation (and Shami will be signing books too!) #CaseForTheDefence
👉 essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-rights
Join Shami Chakrabarti this Thursday, 5 June
📍 Anglia Ruskin University
🎟️ £12 / £10 concessions
Don't miss this important conversation (and Shami will be signing books too!) #CaseForTheDefence
👉 essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-rights
Still tickets left for this How to Academy event with #ShamiChakrabarti on human rights in a time of crisis #CaseForTheDefence howtoacademy.com/events/shami....
29th May | Shami Chakrabarti – Human Rights in an Age of Crisis
Join lawyer, parliamentarian and leading British human rights defender, Shami Chakrabarti for a powerful and urgent vindication of our human rights and freedoms.
howtoacademy.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Still tickets left for this How to Academy event with #ShamiChakrabarti on human rights in a time of crisis #CaseForTheDefence howtoacademy.com/events/shami....
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to #ShamiChakrabarti #CaseForTheDefence book event at the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social - the paperback is now out. Please support your local bookshop!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452264...
guernseypress.com/news/2025/05...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452264...
guernseypress.com/news/2025/05...
Record attendance at this year’s Guernsey Literary Festival
A record 8,000 tickets were sold for more than 70 events at this year’s Guernsey Literary Festival.
guernseypress.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to #ShamiChakrabarti #CaseForTheDefence book event at the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social - the paperback is now out. Please support your local bookshop!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452264...
guernseypress.com/news/2025/05...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452264...
guernseypress.com/news/2025/05...
#ShamiChakrabarti will be talking about her new book 'Human Rights: the Case for the Defence' at @guernseylitfest.bsky.social on 25th April - get your tickets here! #CaseForTheDefence guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/human...
Human Rights - The Case for the Defence - Events - Guernsey Literary Festival
A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedoms from leading human rights lawyer and parliamentarian Baroness Shami Chakrabarti. Her new book outlines the historic n...
guernseyliteraryfestival.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#ShamiChakrabarti will be talking about her new book 'Human Rights: the Case for the Defence' at @guernseylitfest.bsky.social on 25th April - get your tickets here! #CaseForTheDefence guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/human...
In Aberdeen tomorrow and care about #HumanRights? #ShamiChakrabarti will be doing an event at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social on Thursday 17th April - contact Aberdeen Law School for more info #CaseForTheDefence
April 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
In Aberdeen tomorrow and care about #HumanRights? #ShamiChakrabarti will be doing an event at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social on Thursday 17th April - contact Aberdeen Law School for more info #CaseForTheDefence
#ShamiChakrabarti is speaking on the #ClimateCrisis on 23.4.25 at the University of Amsterdam. She'll be talking about the challenges to human rights posed by the climate emergency and how they can help us navigate it. Find out more #CaseForTheDefence aces.uva.nl/shared/uva-p...
Surviving an Intemperate Climate - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam
Global warming is the existential threat facing our planet, but an increasingly challenging constitutional climate inflames it further. Drawing on her book Human Rights: The Case for the Defence (Penguin, 2024), Shami Chakrabarti will describe the challenges to human rights posed by the climate emergency alongside the ways in which these values may help us navigate our way to just transition.
aces.uva.nl
April 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#ShamiChakrabarti is speaking on the #ClimateCrisis on 23.4.25 at the University of Amsterdam. She'll be talking about the challenges to human rights posed by the climate emergency and how they can help us navigate it. Find out more #CaseForTheDefence aces.uva.nl/shared/uva-p...
"Not my words, but those of another President, Ronald Reagan, visiting Germany 40 years ago. I choose them to highlight that treating asylum seekers, refugees, indeed, all migrants with a modicum of dignity was non-partisan for most of the post-war period." #CaseForTheDefence
April 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Not my words, but those of another President, Ronald Reagan, visiting Germany 40 years ago. I choose them to highlight that treating asylum seekers, refugees, indeed, all migrants with a modicum of dignity was non-partisan for most of the post-war period." #CaseForTheDefence
#ShamiChakrabarti will be speaking at the @coe.int today, as a member of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group, on the motion 'Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens'...webcast should be available later this evening (and we'll share here too!) #CaseForTheDefence
April 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#ShamiChakrabarti will be speaking at the @coe.int today, as a member of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group, on the motion 'Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens'...webcast should be available later this evening (and we'll share here too!) #CaseForTheDefence
Shami on welfare reforms @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social (nb it's important to remember & use the names of those with lived experience who generously share their stories...) full interview here including with @ellenclifford.bsky.social
& Alicia Cartwright shorturl.at/0pMZe #CaseForTheDefence
& Alicia Cartwright shorturl.at/0pMZe #CaseForTheDefence
March 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Shami on welfare reforms @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social (nb it's important to remember & use the names of those with lived experience who generously share their stories...) full interview here including with @ellenclifford.bsky.social
& Alicia Cartwright shorturl.at/0pMZe #CaseForTheDefence
& Alicia Cartwright shorturl.at/0pMZe #CaseForTheDefence