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The rise of the religious right in the UK 29:37

Religious fundamentalism is growing in strength and influence. It demands state funding for faith schools and charities, the censorship of plays and operas, and the attempted exemption of religious bodies from equality legislation, such as the new sexual orientation regulations. The government often colludes with the religious right. Conservative faith leaders (not liberal, progressive ones) are granted privileged access to 10 Downing Street . They are consulted on all major policy issues. Human rights and civil liberty groups get no such access to the corridors of government. Is the power of the religious right a threat to democracy and human rights? Why does the government often collude with its theocratic agenda? On his weekly TV programme, Talking With Tatchell, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell interviews Keith Porteous Wood, Executive Director of the National Secular Society. 09.02.07

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  • Iraq - Occupation, privatisation, theocracy and death squads 29:06 Iraq - Occupation, privatisation, theocracy and death squads

    The allied occupation of Iraq has paved the way for the mass looting of the country. Billions have gone missing. Corruption is rife. The US has strong-armed the Baghdad government into privatising Iraq 's oil wealth, with western petroleum corporations being offered extraordinarily favourable licences and astronomical profit margins. Meanwhile, the country is being torn apart by sectarian civil war and is sliding fast towards theocracy, with fundamentalist Islamist militia's and death squads having de facto control over large regions and millions of people. The killers in the Badr and Sadr militias are the armed wings of parties and ministers in the Iraqi government. Is there any hope at all for democracy and human rights in Iraq ? Peter Tatchell interviews Nadia Mahmood of the Iraqi Freedom Congress. 30.03.07

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