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** Secularism in the media
* Boris Johnson says forced marriages are ‘despicable’ <[link removed]>
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has described forced marriages as a "despicable practice" after a communal group warned that some arranged marriages in Jewish communities are tantamount to "coercion".
The JC
* Ofcom fines Sikh TV channel £50,000 for serious broadcasting breaches <[link removed]>
An investigation found that Khalsa Television Limited aired a music video on three separate occasions which indirectly encouraged Sikhs living in the UK to commit violence against people opposed to the Khalistan Liberation Front.
Southgate Amateur Radio News
* Hate speech records are having ‘chilling effect’ on free speech <[link removed]>
Allegations of hate speech made against 120,000 people have been logged by police, prompting criticism that they have diverted attention from forces tackling other priorities, such as violent crime.
The Times*
* Universities that stifle freedom of speech to face fines <[link removed]>
The new 'free speech champion' role will be set up to work from the higher education regulator, the Office for Students.
Express & Star
* London and UK trade bodies slammed for talks with Chinese tech linked to Uighur surveillance <[link removed]>
Both City Hall and central government trade bodies have been accused of trying to lure a Beijing-backed AI tech firm linked to China's crackdown on Uighur Muslims.
City AM
* The pill could be sold in pharmacies without prescription <[link removed]>
Some contraceptive pills could be sold over the counter in the UK for the first time, the government has said.
BBC
* Ruth Davidson Video: Teacher cleared of discrimination claims by GTCS <[link removed]>
A teacher who faced being struck off after posting a video in which he condemned Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson's "fatherless" pregnancy has been cleared to carry on teaching by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
The Herald*
* L.A. church to host indoor conference of 3,000 attendees, despite public health order <[link removed]>
Escalating its defiance of Los Angeles County public health orders, an evangelical megachurch in Sun Valley is gearing up to host an indoor conference expected to draw thousands of men from across the country in what officials fear could become a potential superspreader event.
Los Angeles Times
* US: ‘Republicans employ new “extremely aggressive” tactics to ban abortion’ <[link removed]>
Bills that ban abortion and punish women and doctors under murder statutes have shown up in state legislatures recently.
The Guardian
* Indigenous leaders warn of missionaries turning Amazon villages against vaccines
Medical teams working to immunize Brazil's remote indigenous villages against the coronavirus have encountered fierce resistance in some communities where evangelical missionaries are stoking fears of the vaccine, say tribal leaders and advocates.
Reuters
* India’s Supreme Court hails intercaste and interfaith marriages as ‘the way forward’ <[link removed]>
India's Supreme Court has hailed interfaith and intercaste marriages as potentially "the way forward" for society in statements that come at a time when such relationships are under legal assault in several states.
The Independent
* ‘Indonesia’s ban on mandatory hijab in schools is a triumph for women’ <[link removed]>
Indonesia has banned schools across the country from forcing girls to wear the hijab, after the parents of a 16-year-old Christian schoolgirl uploaded a video of their daughter being forced to wear the headscarf in Padang, in West Sumatra.
The Spectator*
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* Four new C of E faith schools moving forward with little scrutiny <[link removed]>
Four new state-funded Church of England faith schools have moved closer to opening, despite a lack of public scrutiny around the plans.
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