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Hospital withdraws food and fluids from a disabled man after ECHR green light

8 January 2021

In the evening of 7 January 2021, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust withdrew all nutrition and hydration from a middle-aged Polish man, referred to only as “RS”, in the centre of the ‘right to life’ legal battle fought by his mother against the doctors. The withdrawal of fluids means that the man will inevitably die of dehydration as a matter of a few days.

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January 2021 statement on church closures and lockdown

5 January 2021

We welcome the government’s decision not to close churches or ban communal worship during the English lockdown announced last night by the Prime Minister.

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European court refuses to address challenge of Norwegian child services

17 December 2020

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today dismissed a nearly four-year long challenge of Norway’s child services agency for having taken a Christian family’s five children, including a three-month old baby, into care without fully investigating their concerns about abuse in the family.

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Court to hear four Christian preachers’ case against police after brutal Bristol arrests

4 December 2020

This Monday, four Christian preachers, known as ‘the Bristol Four’, will challenge Avon and Somerset Police over their brutal arrests following a dramatic incident in July 2016.

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Police apologise after breaking up legal church broadcast and prosecuting pastor on his doorstep

29 November 2020

Thames Valley Police have apologised after a Milton Keynes pastor became the first church leader to be prosecuted for allegedly breaking covid-19 regulations despite holding a legal church broadcast in line with government guidance.

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