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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Callum Parke

Qatar ‘compromised’ High Court case ahead of hosting 2022 World Cup, court told

The allegations were made at a hearing in London on Thursday (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

The state of Qatar orchestrated a “criminal conspiracy” to interfere with the outcome of a High Court case ahead of its hosting of the 2022 World Cup, a court has been told.

Lawyers for eight Syrians claiming to have suffered torture and persecution at the hands of the jihadi group Al Nusra Front allege that Qatar and its agents “derailed” the legal case in London.

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