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The Scottish Government's proposed laws to curb hate crime have come under sustained scrutiny in recent weeks, suggesting the legislation which attempts to define hateful language is ill-considered, unnecessary and counter-productive.
More than one in ten of the almost 5000 victims and survivors of child sexual abuse who have made disclosures to the Truth Project were speaking about their experiences for the first time, new research by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has found.
Jewish News' editorial says safeguarding for all young people is paramount, in wake of comments a Charedi leader at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
Donald Trump has attempted to use the signing of Israel's historic deal with the United Arab Emirates to bolster support amongst his Evangelical base at home.
South Korea accused a conservative pastor on Sunday of violating self-isolation rules and obstructing contact tracing at a church where 240 infections have fuelled the country's worst outbreak in over five months.
India's composite and secular credentials, which were born out of processes that took four millennia to unfold, are being burned down within a few years in our times, says E.T. Mohammed Basheer.
When the first COVID-19 cases hit Brazil in March, the National Indigenous Foundation ordered all civilians to leave the Indigenous reservations. But a new law has made an exception for one group: Christian missionaries.
Scotland's new hate crime bill could easily be weaponised to silence any speech deemed offensive. This will disempower, rather than protect, society's most vulnerable, says Megan Manson.
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