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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »

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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »

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Guantanamo Bay continues to upset human rights activists
Doubts remain over British Guantanamo detainees

By politics.co.uk staff The murky status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay has been clouded further after doubt was cast on when British-linked inmates would be released. Legal sources told inthenews.co.uk that they were completely in the dark about the fate of the British Guantanamo detainees. “We are not told when they are going or where… Read more »

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Christians accuse ASA of double standards over religious adverts
Christian advert banned by watchdog

By Laura Miller A pro-Christian advert that claims a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in young women increases teenage infertility has been banned by the advertising watchdog. Paid for by fundamentalist group Christian Voice, the advert in the New Statesman entitled, ‘Violent crime – sowing and reaping’, condemned government health policies, including giving a key… Read more »