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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 8 September

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** Secularism in the media

* Bishop of Manchester takes seat in House of Lords <[link removed]>

The bishop of Manchester, the Rt Rev David Walker, has taken his seat in the House of Lords.

ITV News

* MSPs call for evidence on incorporating UN rights of the child into Scots law <[link removed]>

MSPs have called for evidence on proposals to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law.

Holyrood

* Opponents sound warnings over proposed hate crime legislation <[link removed]>

The details of submissions made by several groups with concerns over the Scottish government's proposed hate crime bill have been made public.

Scottish Legal News

* Girls are marrying early amid coronavirus school closures <[link removed]>

The pandemic's impact is long-term: the UN warns that it could lead to 13 million more child marriages over a decade.

The Guardian

* Human rights groups condemn police raid on 'gay party' in Indonesia <[link removed]>

The Indonesian government has been urged to urgently investigate a police raid on a so-called "gay party" that resulted in the arrests of nine men.

SBS News

* Labour throws support behind Dying with Dignity Bill in Ireland <[link removed]>

Ireland's Labour Party has thrown its support behind a bill which seeks to allow terminally ill people to access services to help them die.

Irish Examiner

* ‘Australia cannot capitulate to Catholic crusade against contraception over Covid-19’ <[link removed]>

The Catholic Church has protested against the Australian government's decision to support Oxford University's coronavirus vaccine development. Governments mustn't capitulate to these demands, says Dana Forrest.

Uncommon Ground Media

* Religious leader who blamed gay marriage for coronavirus now has coronavirus <[link removed]>

A Ukrainian church leader who blamed the emergence of coronavirus on same-sex marriage has now contracted the disease.

Metro

** From the NSS archive

* Sudan deserves a secular democracy <[link removed]>

A secular democracy is the only way to protect the rights of the Sudanese people, says Nahla Mahmoud.

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