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How can we change the law to impact #FreeSpeechForGood?
The laws that govern behaviour on our streets have had a chilling effect on freedom of speech. Ambiguous wording in legislation and confused enforcement protocols have led to a spate of arrests for legitimate speech…
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The NHS Trust should let Alta’s parents take her home
The parents of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl find themselves in a thoroughly unenviable position. Their daughter, Alta, is ventilator dependent. Her prognosis gives her two more years to live, but the NHS Trust want to remove…
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Censorship by default – by Elizabeth Francis writing for The Critic
A friend of mine was recently interviewed under caution by the police. His offense? Reading the Bible aloud in a calm voice and steady tone outside a railway station. He was left waiting to hear…
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The free speech of Christians in the public square must be protected – by Jeremiah Igunnubole writing for Christian Today
Are you free to speak in public, even if I find you insulting? According to a coalition of unlikely allies, including Christians, secularists, comedians, and LGBT activists, you are, and have been since 2014. Back…
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Escaped from death row into Europe: Son of imprisoned Pakistani couple speaks out on ordeal
Zehmat Akhtar and his parents received asylum in the EU last week after having gone through an “unspeakable ordeal”.
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Street preachers keep being arrested. More must be done to protect free
Christians are finding themselves in trouble with the law for using allegedly “threatening or abusive” language. The police are too quick to penalise the speech complained of, rather than consider what rights the accused has…
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More most be done to defend free speech – by Lois McLatchie writing for Premier Christianity
“Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.” It’s a quote popularly attributed to St Francis of Assisi and typically used to signify that speech is a less preferable communicative tool to…
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Glasgow Priest who overturned Scottish worship ban supports similar challenge in Uganda
Faith representatives from Christian and Muslim communities in Kampala take legal action against government-imposed closure of places of worship
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Follow the money: We need to reset the overseas development aid discussion
What do you think is the better deal: three meals out with cockroaches scurrying round your feet and burnt food on the menu, or one meal out with a pool-side view, Michelin starred food, and…
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Abandoned Indian mother exposes the harmful practice of sex-selective abortion
A young single mother in Dhanbad seeks justice in court after being abandoned by her husband for having given birth to a girl.
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