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Subject Humza Yousaf confirms Hate Crime Bill amendments
Date October 23, 2020 8:06 AM
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* Humza Yousaf confirms Hate Crime Bill amendments <[link removed]>

Scotland's justice secretary Humza Yousaf has confirmed his U-turn on the controversial Hate Crime Bill by outlining changes he wants to make to the proposed legislation.

The Scotsman

* Church of England bishop sexually abused children and adults for 15 years, report finds <[link removed]>

Church officials mishandled allegations from late 1970s until 2012, says report.

The Independent

* ‘Postcode lottery’ preventing women in Northern Ireland accessing abortion services <[link removed]>

A third of women in Northern Ireland have no access to abortion services amid a postcode lottery, human rights campaigners have warned.

The Independent

* NI: Same-sex couples can convert civil partnership to marriage <[link removed]>

More than 1,000 same-sex couples will be able to convert their civil partnerships to marriage.

The Irish News

* Minister denies linking spread of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland to religion <[link removed]>

Stormont minister Edwin Poots has denied linking the spread of Covid-19 to religion, accusing rivals of "twisting and distorting" his comments on infection rates in nationalist areas.

Shropshire Star

* Islamist extremist who made Festival Hall ‘attack’ video found guilty of terrorism <[link removed]>

An extremist who made a "chilling" video of London's Royal Festival Hall with the message "Attack, attack" has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism.

Ilford Recorder

* France: Charlie Hebdo Muhammad cartoons projected onto government buildings in defiance of Islamists <[link removed]>

Cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad were projected onto government buildings in France as part of a tribute to history teacher Samuel Paty, who was murdered by an Islamist terrorist last week.

The Independent

* 'The importance of blasphemy' <[link removed]>

The brazen intimidation of free expression and the innocent blood being shed is evidence of a severe problem within the Islamic faith that requires criticism, says Brian Stewart.

Quillette

* Polish court ruling amounts to almost total ban on abortion <[link removed]>

Protests gathered across Poland after the Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday that abortion due to foetal defects was unconstitutional, banning the most common of the few legal grounds for ending a pregnancy in the largely Catholic country.

Reuters

* Venezuela's Maduro, citing Pope, asks congress to consider same-sex marriage <[link removed]>

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday asked the country's National Assembly to discuss same-sex marriage during its next term beginning in January, citing Pope Francis' comments this week supporting civil unions for same-sex couples.

Reuters

* Indonesian president warns not to rush vaccines amid halal concern <[link removed]>

The president of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, Joko Widodo, has called for Indonesia not to rush the rollout of vaccines, citing concerns over public awareness about whether they were halal.

Reuters

* Kenyan efforts to end FGM suffer blow with victims paraded in 'open defiance' <[link removed]>

Almost 3,000 girls from the Kuria community have undergone female genital mutilation in recent weeks, despite crackdown

The Guardian

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