End the use of child spies in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources programme.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The Home Office currently approves the use of vulnerable children under their Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) programme concerning child sex exploitation, terrorism and gangs. They want to extend CHIS so children can be coerced into these terrible situations for up to 4 months.

Putting vulnerable children in such dangerous situations knowingly and deliberately gives the government no moral superiority over the criminal organisations they seek to stop.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/uk-child-spies-terror-drugs-grooming-gangs-police-intelligence-security-services-a8456086.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/20/the-guardian-view-on-police-and-child-spies-ends-dont-always-justify-the-means

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Stop the use of Juvenile Covert Human Intelligence Sources (child spies).

Timeline

22 Jul 2018	Petition opened for signatures
27 Jul 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Jul 2018

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