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Chakrabarti defends Jeremy Corbyn's Venezuela remarks
Source: Press Association
Chakrabarti defends Jeremy Corbyn's Venezuela remarks
Press Association
Sun 3 Feb 2019 11.37 GMT Last modified on Sun 3 Feb 2019 12.45 GMT
The shadow attorney general, Shami Chakrabarti, has defended Jeremy Corbyn after the Labour leader was criticised for attacking “outside interference” against Venezuela’s socialist government.
The former director of the human rights organisation Liberty hit out at the regime of Nicolás Maduro over torture and “disappearances” of political opponents, saying it was important for leftwing politicians to be evenhanded.
But she said Corbyn was “a lifelong human rights defender” who struggled to get a fair hearing in the media.
Her comments came after the opposition leader was criticised by Brendan Cox, the widower of the murdered Labour MP Jo Cox and a former chief strategist at Save the Children, who accused Corbyn of “defending a dictator”.
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Press Association
Sun 3 Feb 2019 11.37 GMT Last modified on Sun 3 Feb 2019 12.45 GMT
The shadow attorney general, Shami Chakrabarti, has defended Jeremy Corbyn after the Labour leader was criticised for attacking “outside interference” against Venezuela’s socialist government.
The former director of the human rights organisation Liberty hit out at the regime of Nicolás Maduro over torture and “disappearances” of political opponents, saying it was important for leftwing politicians to be evenhanded.
But she said Corbyn was “a lifelong human rights defender” who struggled to get a fair hearing in the media.
Her comments came after the opposition leader was criticised by Brendan Cox, the widower of the murdered Labour MP Jo Cox and a former chief strategist at Save the Children, who accused Corbyn of “defending a dictator”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/03/shami-chakrabarti-defends-jeremy-corbyn-venezuela-remarks