Liberia: Armed men assault Inquirer journalist. A reporter of Monrovia's
independent Inquirer newspaper, Throble Suah, was allegedly flogged by five
uniformed security personnel, reports the paper.
Suah told the Press Union of Liberia that he was seized by five members of
the country's controversial Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) on November 14 and
viciously beaten after he identified himself as an Inquirer journalist. At
one point a gun was placed at his head and the soldiers said they would
kill him, he said.
Suah was later found by fellow journalists who took him to hospital where
he received treatment.
Inquirer report via allAfrica.com.
http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20021217_liberia.shtml
There is no god.
Britain: Atheist to challenge BBC over ban. An atheist rights campaigner is
threatening to take the UK's BBC to court if it does not lift its ban on
non-believers contributing to Radio 4's "Thought for the Day" broadcast spot.
The former President of the National Secular Society, Barbara Smoker, has
had lawyers write to the corporation's Board of Governors telling them
their ban is a breach of her human rights.
More than 100 people sent a letter to the BBC earlier this year demanding
the ban be lifted but the BBC insisted the three minute daily slot would
remain exclusively for religious contributors.
Ananova report.
Guardian report: Thought for the Day 'too bland'.
BBC Online - Thought for the Day.
http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20021217_britain.shtml
