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Controversial hate crime proposals in Scotland are still a threat to free speech, opponents have warned – despite Humza Yousaf being forced to rewrite and
drop large parts of the legislation.
Three charities have been forced to close by the regulator in Northern Ireland after a "god-ordained" trustee made payments called "love offerings", and
loaned himself £15,000 of charitable funds to cover personal car financing.
Jihadists who are freed from prison should be closely supervised and given lie-detector tests because there is no evidence that deradicalisation programmes
work, the terrorism watchdog has said.
A petition by several Orthodox Jews from Antwerp has prompted Belgium's highest court to end the government's ban on gatherings at houses of worship to curb
the spread of the coronavirus. Belgium has the world's highest death rate per million inhabitants of the coronavirus.
Lawmakers in Argentina's lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalise abortion in most cases, responding to long-sought demands from women's
rights activists.
Bolivia's civil registry authorised for the first time a same sex civil union following a two-year legal battle, a decision activists in the Andean nation
hope will pave the way for an overhaul of the country's marriage laws.
In the US, religious traditions pose a legal challenge in the classroom and concern over blurring the line of separation between church and state, says
Charles J. Russo.
A shadow minister was wrong to say religious registrars should be able to opt out of providing same-sex marriages. And her comments are a reminder that we
don't need a ministerial office for faith, says Stephen Evans.
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