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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims

Police officers stand on duty outside the Supreme Court
The supreme court hearing will be focused on whether the two dissidents have the right to claim damages. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Bahrain is to tell the UK’s supreme court that it enjoys sovereign immunity from claims it placed surveillance software on the computers of two dissidents when they were living in London.

The Gulf country has lost the sovereign immunity claim both in the high court and court of appeal, and a decision to take the case further to the supreme court shows how important it is to the country’s reputation.

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