More on Shami Chakrabarti and the BBC

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'Member of Parliament and campaign group call for LSE Council resignations

Contact: Raheem Kassam, Director of Student Rights, 07872833322, Raheem.Kassam@studentrights.org.uk

Following recent pressure applied to the London School of Economics regarding their links to the Gaddafi regime and the subsequent resignation of the Director, Sir Howard Davies – Robert Halfon MP and Student Rights are calling for other LSE Council members to consider their positions.

Raheem Kassam, Director of Student Rights has said, “We are making a public call for LSE Council members to stand down if they were involved. It is hypocritical and incongruous for someone like Shami Chakrabarti to serve as the Director of a human rights group while legitimising murderous regimes.”

Robert Halfon MP today said, “Just who are the guilty men - and women? Antony Giddens, author of the Third Way, who wrote a paean of praise to Gaddafi in the Guardian. Professor David Held, who went out of his way to compliment the Gaddafi family. Lord Desai, who is alleged to have supervised Said Gadaffi's PHD. Most astonishing and disappointing of all is Shami Chakrabarti - who was on the LSE Council which agreed to the Gaddafi blood money. No doubt more of this will emerge in the coming days.”

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Contact: Raheem Kassam, Director of Student Rights, 07872833322, Raheem.Kassam@studentrights.org.uk
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Anything to say Shami Chakrabarti? Will the BBC report this story and/or ask the questions of Shami Chakrabarti?

The BBC have actually put up an interview with Shami Chakrabartibut but it is hardly a probing interview and there is no mention at all of Libya. You can watch it here apparently she thinks that there are no problems with the Human Rights Act. Nothing interesting to ask Shami Chakrabarti about Libya?