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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 27 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
* Christchurch mosque attack: Brenton Tarrant sentenced to life without parole <[link removed]>
A New Zealand court has sentenced a man who killed 51 people at two mosques to life in prison without parole, the first person in the country's history to receive this sentence.
BBC
* Attacks on places of worship occur 'every three days' in Northern Ireland <[link removed]>
There have been more than 600 attacks on places of worship in Northern Ireland in the last five years, prompting renewed calls for action to protect churches and other religious buildings.
ITV
* UK supreme court ruling clears way for 'Isis Beatles' to be tried in US
A US trial of two members of Islamic State accused of taking part in the beheading of hostages appears likely to go ahead, following a legal ruling that allows the UK to share evidence with US prosecutors.
The Guardian
* Rishi Sunak and archbishop drawn into Yorkshire dales housing row <[link removed]>
A plan to convert a former church school in the Yorkshire dales into affordable housing has been scuppered by a legal requirement to accept the highest bid for the property in a row that has drawn in the chancellor of the exchequer and the archbishop of Canterbury.
The Guardian
* Labour party defends use of 'Catholic data' in Scottish poll predictions <[link removed]>
The Labour party has defended its use of Catholic data in determining its likelihood of election success in Scotland.
Herald Scotland
* US rejects UN rights panel upholding access to abortions during pandemic <[link removed]>
The United States on Wednesday hit back at a UN women's rights panel that said some US states limited access to abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic, rejecting its interference and the notion of "an assumed right to abortion".
Reuters
* Biden campaign calls China's treatment of Uighur Muslims 'genocide' and pressures Trump to 'take action' <[link removed]>
The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is labelling China's treatment of the Uighurs "genocide" and calling on Donald Trump to take action.
The Independent
* 'How China uses Muslim press trips to counter claims of Uighur abuse' <[link removed]>
Heavily supervised visits to indoctrination centres present reporters with smiling inmates and tales of cultural acceptance.
The Guardian
* Kenya condemns women to 'death by unsafe abortion', campaigners warn <[link removed]>
Evelyne Opondo of the Centre for Reproductive Rights said widespread conservative attitudes stigmatising abortion had driven women and girls to unregulated clinics run by untrained medical practitioners.
Reuters
* 'A case against blasphemy laws in Nigeria' <[link removed]>
'Blasphemy' laws make a mockery of the justice system in Nigeria because laws are there to protect individuals, and not to protect ideologies, beliefs or dogma, says Leo Igwe.
Sahara Reporters
** The latest from the NSS
* Ditch ‘stirring up’ offences in hate crime bill, say NSS and others <[link removed]>
The NSS is among signatories to a letter which expresses "grave reservations" over proposed 'stirring up hatred' offences in Scotland.
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