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Amal Clooney quits UK envoy role over ‘lamentable’ Brexit move
High-profile lawyer slams decision to ‘violate’ international treaty.
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Friday quit as the U.K.’s special envoy on media freedom because of Boris Johnson’s plan to break international law by overriding parts of the…
- Paul Dallison
- Politico
She said the decision to “violate” an international treaty was “lamentable.”
Clooney resigned from the role in a letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, in which she said she was “dismayed to learn that the government intends to pass legislation — the…
She added: “Although the…