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The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »
The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
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The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, is en route to Greenland today to highlight Iceland’s resumption of whaling. The Icelandic government announced last week that it was to restart hunting whales ‘for scientific purposes’. The move bypasses the international agreement to end commercial whaling which was imposed by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1986. Iceland… Read more »
The Government has been told to stop locking children up in its attempts to curb asylum. Failed asylum claimants are often kept in detention centres awaiting deportation, and a report into one such centre has prompted a call for children to be released. Anne Owers, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, has published a report… Read more »
