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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 16 September
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
* NI: High-profile campaigners back assisted dying bill <[link removed]>
The bill would give a legal and medical right to authorise voluntary assisted dying when a person is suffering a terminal illness.
Belfast Telegraph
* Lisa Smith: Trial of IS accused former soldier set for 2022 <[link removed]>
A former Irish soldier charged with membership of terrorist group Islamic State and funding terrorism will go on trial in 2022.
BBC
* Poland's anti-LGBT+ tirade similar to pre-war 'dehumanising' of Jews, MEP says <[link removed]>
A prominent gay politician in Poland has compared the government's repeated attacks on the LGBT+ community to the way Jewish people were "dehumanised" in the run-up to the Second World War.
Reuters
* EU lawmakers suspend Myanmar's Suu Kyi from rights prize events <[link removed]>
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will no longer be invited to events of the European Parliament's human rights prize, EU lawmakers have said in a protest over accusations of genocide of Rohingya Muslims in her country.
Reuters
* 'For survivors at Charlie Hebdo trial, wounds are still raw' <[link removed]>
Victims of the 2015 attack on the satirical weekly took the stand with vivid accounts of how their colleagues were killed — and how their own lives were suddenly overturned.
The New York Times
* Canada: Mouvement laïque québécois turns to crowdfunding to defend secularism law <[link removed]>
The Mouvement laïque québécois is seeking financial help from the public to support Quebec's secularism law and avoid a "mismatched" court battle.
Montreal Gazette
* Xinjiang: US to block some exports citing China's human rights abuses <[link removed]>
The US will block some exports from China's Xinjiang region, over alleged human rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority.
BBC
* US: 'The pandemic created a surge in homeschooling—and concerns about the movement’s Christian culture' <[link removed]>
Many Christian homeschooling advocates have decried public schools as "values-indoctrination centres." The reality is that much of the most popular homeschooling materials—which many of these new homeschoolers are certain to find—are their own form of indoctrination, says Elena Trueba.
Religion and Politics
* Academics says space for democratic dissent shrinking in India <[link removed]>
About 2,000 academics from top institutions in India and abroad have signed petitions demanding federal authorities stop targeting people critical of the government as part of a widening investigation into caste clashes two years ago.
Reuters
* 'The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie' <[link removed]>
Two Nigerian filmmakers face the prospect of imprisonment if they ignore the stern warning of the authorities and proceed with the release of a movie about a lesbian relationship.
BBC
** In case you missed it...
* Plans on ‘stirring up hatred’ threaten free expression, warn MSPs <[link removed]>
MSPs from across the political spectrum have warned that Scotland's hate crime bill threatens free expression during a Holyrood debate.
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