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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 20 August
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* 'Is Scotland’s Hate Speech Bill so bad?' <[link removed]>
In this podcast The Critic's Deputy Political Editor discusses the new hate crime legislation with Jamie Gillies of the Free to Disagree Campaign, and political campaigner Brian Monteith.
The Critic
* 'Humza Yousaf must wake up to the risks of his hate crime bill' <[link removed]>
"Mr Yousaf insists his legislation will not harm freedom of expression. I wish I believed him."
The Times (£)
* 'Nobody should need "consent" to seek support after sexual abuse' <[link removed]>
Criticism of failed practices in religious communities should be regarded as both healthy and necessary to protect children, says Yehudis Fletcher.
Jewish News
* 'We need reform for more effective child protection' <[link removed]>
Safeguarding standards need to be externally regulated to ensure we don't prioritise an institution over its members, says Yehudis Goldsobel.
Jewish News
* 'Church of England safeguarding concerns' <[link removed]>
The Church of England's governing body, the Archbishops' Council, has been reported to the head of the Charity Commission for its failure 'to devise a safe, consistent and fair system of redress for victims of abuse.' Donna Birrell reports on the letter and hears from two of the signatories. (From 31:17)
BBC Radio 4
* Pressure on Bishop of Huddersfield over lack of action on church sex abuse <[link removed]>
The CofE's lead safeguarding bishop has acknowledged that the Church has failed victims and survivors of abuse in the past and needs to take responsibility for that.
Yorkshire Live
* Germany: Series of crashes on major Berlin road an 'Islamist extremist attack' <[link removed]>
A series of crashes caused by a 30-year-old Iraqi man on a major road in Berlin was an Islamist extremist attack, German prosecutors have said.
Sky News
* Nigeria: Wife of atheist arrested four months ago for 'blasphemy' speaks out <[link removed]>
In this interview the wife of Mubarak Bala tells of how the police in Kano State have detained her husband for four months without revealing his location.
Punch
* Millions of women lose access to contraception and abortions amid coronavirus crisis <[link removed]>
Millions of women and girls around the world have been left unable to access contraception and abortions amid the coronavirus crisis, a new report has found.
The Independent
* Celebrities sign letter supporting Poland's LGBT+ rights <[link removed]>
Dozens of celebrities including Pedro Almodovar, Margaret Atwood and Isabelle Huppert have signed an open letter expressing outrage at the Polish government's "repressions" against the LGBT+ community.
Euronews
** New: NSS podcast
* Ep 32: Nick Duffy on 'conversion therapy' <[link removed]>
Emma Park speaks to Nick Duffy, current affairs editor at Pink News, about so-called 'conversion therapy', the type of psychological practices that it can involve, and the harm it can cause to those who undergo it.
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