UK: A step in the right direction for free speech on campus
Today, the Department for Education released a report titled “Higher Education: Free Speech and Academic Freedom“, which recognises the harmful effects of censorship at UK universities, and lays out new proposals to tackle the problem.
ADF International, the human rights group which has been running a nationwide campaign calling for better speech protections on campus, welcomed the report as an encouraging development towards restoring a diverse and inclusive environment on UK campuses.
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Religious Freedom & Free Speech
- Switzerland: The Council of State repudiated over freedom of worship in the Valais
– FSSPX - Two Christians accused of breaking Pakistan’s blasphemy law
– Catholic News Agency - India: Hindu Nationalist regulation squeezes Christian charities
– Christianity Today - Scotland: Controversial Hate Crime Bill clears second hurdle amid freedom of expression concerns
– Press and Journal - UK: ‘Free speech’ group claims victory over Oxford college
– The Times (£)
Marriage & Family
- French assembly passes bill ensuring ‘French values,’ banning polygamy, forced marriage
– CBC - UK: Census to record ‘legal sex’ not self-ID in Office for National Statistics U-turn
– Christian Institute - Does the Scottish National Party really want to copy Norway’s gender revolution?
– Spectator Australia - US: New York’s commercial surrogacy legalization will exploit women, critics say
– Catholic News Agency - Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf condemned for refusing to say if there are only two sexes
– Herald Scotland
Sanctity of Life
- Bid to repeal aspect of Northern Ireland’s abortion laws tabled at Stormont
– Irish Times - South Australia: Abortion law reforms debated in parliament
– The Advertiser - South Australia: Attorney-General Vickie Chapman files amendments to Termination of Pregnancy Bill
– The Advertiser - Belgium and the Netherlands see rapid rise in euthanasia and assisted suicide cases
– Angelus - Vulnerable groups in Canada plead: Don’t expand assisted suicide
– Live Action
