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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Aubrey Allegretti

UK officials in line for immunity in assisting crimes overseas, say critics

MI6 headquarters in London.
The rules would no longer apply to those making decisions ‘necessary for the proper exercise of any function’ of services such as MI6. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Ministers and spies would be given immunity from accusations of assisting crimes overseas under a new national security law to be debated by MPs next week, a human rights charity and former Tory cabinet minister have warned.

The Home Office was told that the powers being proposed were “far too slack” and would diminish the UK’s moral authority to condemn atrocities such as the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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