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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 11 June
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** Secularism in the media
* Life-support patient who refused stoma allowed to die <[link removed]>
An ill man who did not want to live with a stoma has died after a judged ruled life-support treatment could end. Christian Concern had called for a review of the High Court decision to allow him to die.
BBC
* Shamima Begum to launch High Court appeal over UK ban and citizenship <[link removed]>
'Isis bride' Shamima Begum is set to appeal against a ruling that she cannot return to the UK to challenge the removal of her British citizenship.
LBC
* Relaxing of lockdown for places of worship only helps Christians, prominent Muslims and Jews claim <[link removed]>
Relaxing of lockdown for places of worship only helps Christians, prominent Muslims and Jews have said, claiming that the new rules bring more challenges than they solve.
The Telegraph
* Saudi authorities beat blogger, subject him to anal exam and demand he ‘confess’ being gay <[link removed]>
Human rights campaigners have called on Saudi Arabia to release blogger Mohamad al-Bokari, who was detained after stating his support for LGBT+ rights.
Pink News
* India: Dalit man 'beaten to death' over inter-caste relationship with woman <[link removed]>
A 20-year old Dalit man was allegedly chased and beaten to death in Pimple Saudagar suburb of Pune, reportedly over an inter-caste relationship with a woman belonging to an "upper caste".
Indian Express
* Black Lives Matter protests spur calls for India to wake up to Dalit discrimination <[link removed]>
Spurred on by US.anti-racism protests, Dalit campaigners have called on India to acknowledge centuries of oppression they have endured.
The Hindu
* God has ‘removed’ coronavirus, Tanzania’s president claims <[link removed]>
Tanzania's president is claiming the country is free of the coronavirus because of the power of prayer, six weeks after his government stopped publicly updating virus data.
AP News
* US: Lawsuit says atheist parolee spent 5 months in jail for not going to Bible study <[link removed]>
An atheist was jailed for an additional five months for refusing to live in a Christian homeless shelter requiring residents to study the Bible and attend worship services.
Patheos (The Friendly Atheist)
* 'My friend chose an assisted death in Switzerland. Her dying wish was to tell you why' <[link removed]>
Cindy had been forced to give up a high-powered corporate career at age 35 and struggled for decades with a handful of painful diseases. When it finally became clear that no drug could relieve her intense suffering, she chose voluntary assisted death, a procedure that's not legal in her home state.
CNN
** Latest from the NSS
* Tackle charities promoting ‘conversion therapy’, NSS urges minister <[link removed]>
The NSS has urged the government to consider the role of charities as it looks into ways to end anti-gay 'conversion therapy'.
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