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Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Support for Iranian Women on Demo Anniversary
Scores of women’s rights activists in Iran have been summoned, arrested and sentenced.
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Tsvangirai Pulls Out of Election
MDC says some 86 supporters have been killed and 200,000 forced from their homes by Zanu-PF militias.
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Bali Bombers Issue Encouragement from Cells
Use laptops to call for violent jihad and give advice about how to avoid detection by the security services.
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UNHRC Bars All Debate on Sharia
President ruled that only Muslim scholars can be permitted to talk about Islam in the Council.
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Criticism of Sharia or Fatwas Forbidden at UNHRC
Ruling follows attempts by Egyptian and Pakistani delegates to silence criticism of human rights abuse.
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Louise Arbour Opposes Taboos in UNHRC
Council is dominated by a bloc of states that often condemn ‘defamation of religion’ and ‘Islamophobia.’
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Shirin Ebadi Scolds Switzerland over Iran
Laws ratified after the 1979 Revolution, which are contrary to women’s freedoms, are still in place.
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Hindu Activists Upset Over Satirical Movie
Say it will ‘hurt the religious sentiments’ of millions of Hindus worldwide.
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Interview With Philippe Sands
Why torture is not such a clever idea.
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Scientists Rally Against Creationist Superstition
Steve Jones said religious students say he is ‘telling lies and insulting people’s religion’ by teaching evolution.
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Ohio Teacher Burns Cross Onto Students’ Arms
‘With the exception of the cross-burning episode’ he is teaching the values of the parents, says a friend.
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Ohio Teacher Taught ID in Science Class
Freshwater was told to stop teaching ID and creationism, but he continued, the report found.
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Turkish Judge Throws Out Child Choir Case
The choir was accused of spreading propaganda for the PKK.
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Ben Goldacre on the Utility of Being Ripped Off
The pricier it is, the more we trust it.
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More Opposition Supporters Killed in Zimbabwe
Civic leaders, rights groups, Western diplomats say the violence is largely the work of ZANU-PF.
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Turkish Court Acquits Owner and Editor of Agos
Serkis Seropyan and Aris Nalci had published an editorial on journalists’ sentences.
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Iran Arrests 9 Women, 5 of Them Journalists
Part of government’s continuing persecution of women who use online publications to defend their rights.
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Iran Blocks More Feminist Websites
Sites backed campaign to gather a million signatures opposing discriminatory laws against women.
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Journalist Murdered in Mosul
Attack bears the hallmarks of a number of armed groups that are the scourge of the press in Iraq.
