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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Sam Tobin

Afghan journalists win case against UK government over relocation

FILE PHOTO: The Rolls Building (R), which is used by Britain's High Court, is seen in London, Britain, June 26, 2022. Picture taken June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Raphael Satter/File Photo

Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC broadcaster won a legal challenge on Monday against Britain's refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan, which they said put them at high risk of being killed by the Taliban rulers.

The journalists' lawyers told London's High Court in December that the government had "betrayed the debt of gratitude" owed to them by refusing to relocate them after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.

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