Liberty (advocacy group) activist group, and Paedophile Action for Liberation became affiliated to the pressure group. Shami Chakrabarti, the former director of Liberty, issued an apology about the links between the NCCL and the PIE. In December 2013, she said: "It is a source of continuing disgust and horror that even the NCCL had to expel paedophiles from its ranks in 1983 after infiltration at some point in the 70s." Gay rights and censorship NCCL acted for the owners of "Gay's the Word" bookshop, whose stock was confiscated by Customs officers in 1984. All charges were dropped in 1986. Miners' strike During the
Basim Shami to the next level after his elder brother Rami Shami. Farouk Systems USA was incorporated in 1986 by launching its first line of products. These products consisted of the first ammonia-free hair color as well as the first company to use silk in hair care with BioSilk Silk Therapy developed by Farouk And Rami Shami themselves. With Farouk Systems being his main concentration, his father Farouk Shami, Founder and Chairman, recruited Basim as the new President of the company in 2010. Shortly after this appointment, Basim served as a judge for the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant. In 2011, he was