Shami Chakrabarti
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"Sharmishta Chakrabarti" Order of the British Empire/CBE is, since September 2003, the director of Liberty (pressure group)/Liberty, the British civil liberties advocacy organisation and, since July 2008, the Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University. In September 2014, she took up the role as Chancellor of the University of Essex.

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We don't win by mimicking the profound authoritarianism of those who are plotting against this country. I think it is very worrying that the prime minister has jeopardized our national unity today both in terms of community relations and in terms of consensus politics.

Reflect on the culture of intolerance that he may be promoting in his party and the country as a whole.

This courageous vote proves that we are not in China yet. Despite a concerted attempt at party tribalism and an excessively political campaign by certain senior police officers, the House of Commons has helped to restore faith in politics this evening.

Public safety can be enhanced by passenger screening but police must not heighten tensions by targeting young men from ethnic minorities.

That in my view would be incredibly counterproductive to the work of the police and security services if they are to engage with the communities who may have intelligence.

The entire system should be under review to ensure that there is not a culture which would allow the alleged abuses to take place.

Three months' detention without charge is the very antithesis of justice. This new British internment [is] as damaging to fighting terrorism at home as to defending our reputation around the globe.

There is a need to recreate the consensus that existed after the 7th July attacks. We need to focus on what unites us in the struggle against terrorism that is our fundamental values. These values are human rights; the bedrock of our beliefs, not a convenience, a luxury or a pick and mix.