{"id":70562,"date":"2021-03-09T18:35:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2021\/mar\/09\/mi5-policy-agents-take-part-crimes-lawful-appeal-court-judges"},"modified":"2021-03-09T18:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:35:35","slug":"mi5-policy-allowing-agents-to-commit-crimes-was-legal-say-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/09\/mi5-policy-allowing-agents-to-commit-crimes-was-legal-say-judges\/","title":{"rendered":"MI5 policy allowing agents to commit crimes was legal, say judges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human rights groups indicate they will seek to take case to supreme court after appeal court judgment
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MI5\u2019s partially secret policy of allowing agents to participate in serious crimes in pursuit of intelligence was legal, three court of appeal judges have concluded.<\/p>

The judges held on Tuesday that MI5 was \u201cnot above the law\u201d because the long-established power did not equate to an immunity from prosecution, in the latest step in a long-running legal case brought by four human rights groups.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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