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Former UK supreme court head quits media freedom role over work as judge in Hong Kong

David Neuberger
Lord Neuberger has stepped down from his role as chair of the panel of legal experts that advises the Media Freedom Coalition. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

David Neuberger, the former president of the UK’s supreme court, has resigned from his role as chair of a legal advisory board to an international media freedom coalition, citing the “concern expressed” over his role as a judge in Hong Kong.

Lord Neuberger said he had been considering his position as chair of the high-level panel of legal experts that advises the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC), an international NGO, for several months.

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