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How Shankari Chandran Made Her Mark On Guantanamo Bay

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Sep 11, 2017

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Shankari Chandran, a former human rights lawyer turned writer, discusses her second novel, The Barrier, with ABC conversations.

A Tamil-Australian, who grew up in Canberra surrounded by parents who were both doctors, Shankari moved away from the family tradition and became a lawyer. While working at the social justice desk of a large corporate law firm in London, she persuaded the firm to pursue a landmark international case focused on the fate of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

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