Liberty (advocacy group) September 2001, Shami Chakrabarti joined Liberty. After working as in-house counsel, she was appointed director of Liberty in 2003. As director, she began campaigning against what the pressure group saw as the "excessive" anti-terrorist measures that followed the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States, such as the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (ATCSA). Liberty became increasingly high-profile, with Chakrabarti making regular appearances in the media. She was described in "The Times" newspaper as "the most effective public affairs lobbyist of the past 20 years". Since the 2015 UK general election, Liberty has spearheaded the campaign to save
John Crowley (director) Best British film (won) BAFTA for Brooklyn John Crowley (director) John Crowley (born 19 August 1969) is an Irish film and theatre director. He is best known for directing "Brooklyn" (2015) and his feature film debut "Intermission" (2003) for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Director. He is a brother of designer Bob Crowley. Crowley earned a BA in English and Philosophy (1990) and an MA in Philosophy from University College Cork. Crowley became involved in theatre as a student, seeing it as a stepping stone to directing film. He began directing plays in Dublin