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** Secularism in the media
* Councillors back call for 'buffer zones' to protect women from abortion clinic protesters
Edinburgh City Council has agreed to support the introduction of 'buffer zones' around abortion clinics in Scotland - to prevent women being harassed by pro-life campaigners.
Edinburgh Evening News*
* New laws needed to tackle ‘shocking and dangerous’ scale of extremism, review finds <[link removed]>
Sir Mark Rowley and the Commission for Countering Extremism found hateful groups of all kinds are "operating with impunity" by exploiting gaps between existing hate crime and terrorism legislation.
The Independent
* The law is 'not fair' – terminally ill man speaks out <[link removed]>
A terminally-ill Islander has spoken out to support changes to the law in Jersey to permit assisted dying as he tells of his plans to travel to Switzerland to end his life.
Jersey Evening Post
* ‘Controlling the narrative of forced marriage’ <[link removed]>
Yehudis Fletcher discusses marriage within the Haredi Jewish community.
LSE
* ‘How you can help improve abortion access in England after the pandemic’ <[link removed]>
The government is currently consulting on whether to continue allowing women and pregnant people to have abortions at home via telemedicine once the pandemic ends.
Stylist
* Fermanagh child cruelty circumcision case progressing <[link removed]>
The National Crime Agency are currently involved in the ongoing case of child cruelty against two parents relating to alleged botched circumcisions.
The Impartial Reporter
* Arkansas Senate approves bill banning nearly all abortions <[link removed]>
The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a measure banning nearly all abortions in the state, despite objections to the ban not including exceptions for rape or incest.
The Associated Press
* China condemns Canada's motion calling treatment of Uighurs genocide <[link removed]>
China said on Tuesday that it condemned and rejected Canada's parliament passing a non-binding motion saying China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide.
Reuters
* ‘Mubarak Bala: 300 days in detention without trial’ <[link removed]>
Monday marked 300 days since Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala has been in detention without trial.
Modern Ghana
* ‘Do India’s cows have special powers? Government curriculum is ridiculed’ <[link removed]>
The Hindu nationalist government postponed plans for a national student exam on cows that critics said used specious claims and substituted religion for science.
The New York Times*
** New NSS podcast
* Christian nationalism is a key part of Trump’s legacy – Opinion Out Loud Ep 04 <[link removed]>
Alastair Lichten argues that understanding Christian nationalism is essential to understanding the presidency of Donald Trump and its consequences for the world.
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