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  • August 8, 2019
    Counter-terrorism 'need not scapegoat Muslim communities'

    The Muslim Council of Britain says the government's Prevent strategy has meant Muslims have been targeted in a discriminatory way.

  • January 27, 2019
    Statement from the UN on Holocaust Memorial Day

    In the face of attempts to dehumanise and demonise communities, we must stand up to defend human rights, says the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

  • January 1, 2014
    Agenda-challenging journalism matters

    After a thoroughly enjoyable New Year's Eve in Edinburgh (a ceilidh at St James' Leith, and then a view of the city's fine fireworks celebrations), connecting with the broadcast, digital and print media this morning was a thoroughly depressing experience.

  • November 11, 2010
    Morally amazed

    I'd expected my views to be attacked when I appeared on the Moral Maze on BBC Radio 4 last night. What I had not expected was the extremism of the views pitted against mine. It's a sign of just how far to the right British politics has moved – particularly on issues of welfare and employment.

  • April 3, 2009
    Resisting the urge to scapegoat

    The targeting and scapegoating of vulnerable groups can undermine the very values which are supposedly being defended, says Savi Hensman. She also sets out the strong Christian case against such practices.

  • March 22, 2008
    Putting an end to scapegoating

    Easter is not about some nasty death cult where a blood sacrifice must be paid to appease an angry God, says Giles Fraser. The crucifixion reveals human death-dealing at its worst and the resurrection offers a new start, refusing the logic of scapegoating.