Afghan data leak superinjunction left democracy in ‘deep freeze’, say journalists

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The Independent’s home affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft gave evidence to MPs about the superinjunction on Tuesday

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Journalists giving evidence to MPs have attacked the previous government’s “Orwellian leap” in the use of a superinjunction to cover up a massive data leak which put more than 100,000 Afghans at risk following the Taliban’s return to power.

Afghan data leak superinjunction left democracy in ‘deep freeze’, say journalists

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