Helena Kennedy: “The first plane load from Afghanistan was 130 people. But the calls kept coming”

The human rights barrister has helped evacuate 500 people—women lawyers and their families—out of Afghanistan. But, she says, the UK is not doing enough

By Alex Dean

December 9, 2021

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Alex Dean is managing editor at Prospect

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