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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian court rejects activist’s bid to prosecute King Charles for genocide

The British monarch is immune from all criminal and civil liability in the United Kingdom - (PA)

A Court of Appeal has rejected an activist’s landmark bid to prosecute King Charles III over the alleged genocide of Indigenous people.

The ruling leaves Uncle Robbie Thorpe with one final domestic option: seeking permission to appeal to the High Court of Australia, which accepts only about 10 per cent of applications for leave to appeal.

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