A British national overseas has been handed a death penalty in all but name
- Posted on February 7, 2025
- By The Telegraph
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A British national overseas has been handed a death penalty in all but name
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Being seen by a foreign autocrat as weak in the protection of your citizens won’t earn you his gratitude: it will earn you his contempt