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China Muslims: Beijing denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang

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A Chinese official on Monday denied that Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women. The remarks followed an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government policies had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being ‘baby-making machines’. Xu Guixiang, a deputy spokesperson for the … Read more

Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption blasts ‘coercive’ ministerial powers during lockdown

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Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption blasts ‘coercive’ ministerial powers during lockdown and accuses Boris Johnson of ‘the most significant interference with personal freedom in the history of our country’ Sumption accused ministers of keeping Britons ‘under a form of house arrest’  He attacked control ministers had over everyday life in Cambridge law lecture Said measures … Read more

New show tests whether you can recognise the signs of coercive control in a relationship

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Emotional abuse is one of the hardest things to prove in court – but do you think you’d be able to spot the signs of coercive control? An eye-opening new BBC Three show challenges a group of 20 British people aged 18-30 to see if they can observe a pattern of mentally abusive behaviour within … Read more