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
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