Louise Christian is an award-winning British

United Kingdom

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 human rights

Human rights

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 lawyer.
She is a frequent contributor to The Guardian

The Guardian

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She is the author or co-author of several books.
She is the daughter of Jack and Maureen Christian.

Christian has fought on behalf of detainees at the controversial American

United States

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 Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba

Cuba

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Christian's firm, Christian Khan, co-founded with Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Aman Khan is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Tooting since 2005, succeeding Tom Cox as the Labour MP for the seat...

, now a Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 MP, has participated in wrongful death inquests, and has been involved in litigation into drug regulation.

Christian has been prominent in left-wing politics, standing as a Socialist Alliance

Socialist Alliance (England)

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 candidate in the 2001 election

United Kingdom general election, 2001

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. Louise Christian has long been associated with human rights' pressure group Liberty

Liberty (pressure group)

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and was the Chair from July 2007 until October 2009.