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** Secularism in the media
* Congregations have a duty to support mother and baby homes redress scheme, says Ireland’s children’s minister
Ireland's children's minister has told religious congregations they have a "moral and ethical obligation" to support appropriate actions in response to the mother and baby homes report.
The Times*
* Mother-and-baby homes: Questions raised over deleted recordings <[link removed]>
Concerns have been raised over the decision to delete audio recordings of witnesses who gave evidence to the Irish mother-and-baby homes inquiry.
BBC
* Victims of Catholic Church abuse still waiting to meet with papal representative to the UK <[link removed]>
Survivors of clerical sexual abuse have expressed their frustration at the refusal of the papal nuncio to the UK to meet them to discuss their concerns.
The Tablet*
* Boris Johnson: Government ‘prioritising’ issue of Uyghur persecution <[link removed]>
Boris Johnson has said his government is "prioritising" China's systematic persecution of Uyghur Muslims in the province of Xinjiang despite whipping his own MPs to vote against their conscience on the matter.
Jewish News
* China bans BBC World News from broadcasting <[link removed]>
China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on Thursday. China has criticised the BBC for its reporting on coronavirus and the persecution of ethnic minority Uyghur Muslims.
BBC
* Salvation Army told to pay more than £10,000 in damages to pregnant employee it discriminated against <[link removed]>
An employment tribunal found that The Salvation Army did not offer a position to the claimant either because of pregnancy or because she was about to go on maternity leave.
Third Sector*
* Forced marriage: ‘It took 14 years to realise I wanted to live before I died’ <[link removed]>
In the week that dozens of testimonies of forced marriage in Jewish communities were presented to the government, one victim reveals in her own words how she found the courage to break free.
Jewish News
* ‘Using the government consultation on abortion to advocate for women’ <[link removed]>
There have been few good things to come of the pandemic, but the opportunity to change the law in relation to abortion care could be one of them, says Ruth Bailey.
Nursing Times
* Polish women's rights leader charged for role in abortion protests <[link removed]>
A leader of the Polish Women's Strike, the movement that has led mass nationwide protests against a near total abortion ban in Poland, has been charged with criminal felonies.
France 24
* US: Legal loopholes allow abuse to go undetected at religious boarding schools, advocates say <[link removed]>
At a Missouri Christian school for troubled teens, alumni say a gap in state law prevented inspections, enabling abuse to continue for decades.
NBC News
* Youth killed Ahmadi Muslim physician in Pakistan, says spokesman <[link removed]>
A youth shot and killed an Ahmadi Muslim homeopathic doctor at his clinic in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, the police and a spokesman for the minority group said.
ABC News
* ‘Customary and religious laws are impeding progress towards women’s health in Nigeria’ <[link removed]>
Nigerian states with customary and religious laws had significantly worse sexual and reproductive health outcomes compared to states without such laws, academics from Columbia University have found.
The Conversation
** Latest from the NSS
* UN quizzes Ireland over institutional abuse and religious schooling <[link removed]>
A UN committee has raised accountability for abuse in religious settings and access to secular schools in a report on Ireland.
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