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
Hamed Shami Zaher Hamed Shami Zaher Hamed Shami Zaher (born 13 November 1984) is a Qatari footballer of Sudanese origin who is a defender for Al Gharrafa. He is a member of the Qatar national football team. Shami played with Al Gharafa from the age of 9, eventually breaking into the first team in 1999. In 2011, he personally received a formal offer to play for Saudi's Al Nassr FC from the chairman, Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Nasser. In a very dramatic Gulf Cup of Nations in 2010, Shami featured in a match against Saudi Arabia; the last hope of Qatar qualifying