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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Pippa Crerar and Aamna Mohdin

UNCOVERED: Uk state threats bill could pull british journalists into terror prosecutions experts - Caught on Camera

the Houses of Parliament, seen from across the River Thames
The national security (state threats) bill is designed to allow the UK government to label state-backed groups as terrorist organisations. Photograph: Geza Kurka/Alamy

British foreign correspondents could be at risk of prosecution if they use sources within state-backed groups in countries such as Iran under national security legislation being rushed through parliament this week.

David Anderson, a former UK independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has warned that unless the bill is amended it could accidentally pull journalists working in danger-zone countries into prosecutions for terrorism.

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