#extremely #dangerous #development:

#UK #Bill Threatens #Journalists With #Life in #Prison

Journalists and publishers could face life sentences if National Security Bill 2022, being debated in the U.K. Parliament, becomes law, reports Mohamed Elmaazi

Article published July 7th, 2022
Consortium News

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Extracted: “The glaring omission at the heart of the National Security Bill is a straightforward public-interest defense, so that those who expose wrongdoing, either as whistleblowers or journalists, will be protected,” Tim Dawson, a long-time member of the National Union of Journalists’ National Executive Council told Consortium News.

“Without this, there is a risk of concerned U.K. citizens being prosecuted as though they were foreign spies,” he added.

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The Bill: https://publications.parliament.uk/p...007/220007.pdf

Progress: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3154/news
This Bill was debated at second reading on Monday 6 June 2022 and has now been sent to a Public Bill Committee which will scrutinise the Bill line by line and is expected to report to the House by Tuesday 18 October 2022
I'll try and endeavour, time allowing of course, to keep an eye on this.