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‘Privilege is now seen as a fundamental human right’: British intelligence agencies face spying on lawyers allegations

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has heard that legal privileged documents between lawyers and their clients may have been targeted by MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, a disclosure which is said to be of ‘grave concern to campaigners and lawyers alike’.

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