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Anti-conversion movement spreads in India

14th January 202113th January 2021 Josie McFarlane 71 Views 0 Comments Ban, bible, Christianity, Faith, God, India, Jesus, Laws, persecution, religious conversion

Another state in India has passed a law banning religious conversions. Madhya Pradesh has replaced existing legislation with a tough

Blue Story director Rapman questions ‘hidden reasons’ for film ban

28th November 201930th November 2019 Josie McFarlane 775 Views 0 Comments Ban, Blue story, movie, Racism, Rapman

The director of a film at the centre of a storm over violence in cinemas has said he feels “bullied”

Pope to seek nuclear weapons abolition

5th October 20193rd October 2019 Josie McFarlane 514 Views 0 Comments Abolish, Ban, Church news, Nuclear weapons, Pope, war

Pope Francis will call on the world to abolish nuclear weapons when he makes speeches in Hiroshima and Nagasaki next

Chad – where social media has been cut for a year

2nd April 20191st April 2019 Josie McFarlane 660 Views 0 Comments Africa, Ban, community, government, internet, Social Media, technology

Activists in Chad are demanding that the government restore access to social media after it was cut off a year

church groups want ‘lords of chaos’ movie to be banned

13th February 201914th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 1326 Views 1 Comment Ban, black, christian, church, community, Entertainment, Faith, God, Lord of Chaos, movie, Satan, suicide

Lords of Chaos hasn’t even been released in the UK yet, but there are already calls for the film to be

Knife crime: Suspects could be banned from social media

31st January 201931st January 2019 Josie McFarlane 887 Views 0 Comments Ban, community, crime, deaths, Gnags, government, knife, Laws, London crime, Social Media, violence, youth crime

New powers to control suspects thought to be carrying knives are being introduced by the government in a bid to

Matatu ban ‘is to keep Kenyans fit’

4th December 20183rd December 2018 Josie McFarlane 806 Views 0 Comments #Fitness, Africa, Ban, community, government, health, Kenya, Matatu, Mike Sonko, Minibus, transport

The governor of Nairobi has claimed that a ban on public minibuses in the city centre is intended to keep

The village that’s eradicated FGM

25th November 201823rd November 2018 Josie McFarlane 782 Views 0 Comments Africa, Anne Soy, Ban, campaign, circumcise, community, fgm, help girls, village, women

It started when one family decided not to circumcise its women 30 years ago. That idea spread and now an

Lagos lifts school hijab ban

14th November 201814th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 1045 Views 0 Comments Africa, Ban, community, education, Faith, government, Hijab, Laws, policies, Religion

Girls in the Nigerian state of Lagos are now allowed to wear a hijab to school, the authorities have said.

Tanzania authorities ban ‘immoral’ songs

14th November 201812th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 956 Views 0 Comments artist, Ban, Basata, christian, community, Diamond Platnumz, music, Mwanza, Raymond Shabaan Mwakyusa, Rayvanny, song, Tanzania

Tanzania’s arts regulatory council, Basata, has banned a brand new hit song – Mwanza – by household musicians Raymond Shabaan

Trump: US to begin cutting foreign aid over migrant caravan

23rd October 201822nd October 2018 Josie McFarlane 874 Views 0 Comments #asylum, Ban, Border, Caravan, community, cutting, Donald, foreign aid, Guatemala, Mexico, migrants, President, stopping, Trump

President Donald Trump has said the US will “begin cutting off” foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over