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ICC chief prosecutor Khan suspended by British bar association

FILE PHOTO: International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan attends an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan attends an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Reuters

THE HAGUE - Britain's Bar Standards Board said on Friday it had imposed an interim suspension of Karim Khan, who had been the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor before he was suspended by the court on June 8 over sexual misconduct accusations.

"Under the BSB's Enforcement Regulations, the interim suspension must now be considered by an Interim Suspension Panel at a hearing within the next four weeks," the board said, adding that the suspension was effective immediately.

Khan, 56, denies the allegations madeb against him.

(Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg and Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Makini Brice)

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This story was originally published June 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM.

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