Notable Media Coverage
In May 2008, the British current affairs programme, Dispatches, presented a feature entitled In God's Name. The programme explored the growing influence of the Christian evangelical movement in the UK and highlighted LCF's involvement in lobbying the UK Government on issues such as abortion, gay rights and laws relating to blasphemy. The activities of the then LCF Director of Public Policy, Andrea Minichiello Williams, were examined; including footage of her meetings with Conservative politicians Norman Tebbit and Nadine Dorries. Williams was reported as making a number of controversial statements, including claims that the Human Fertilisation bill was 'the work of the devil', that abortion should be illegal, homosexuality is sinful and the world is just 4,000 years old.
On 6 September 2010, the BBC World Service documentary The Legal World highlighted the CLEAR project of LCF and its partner, the Ugandan Christian Lawyers Fraternity, in the Ugandan criminal justice system. BBC reporter Brian King met the UCLF Acting Project Director Eunice Nabafu as she advised clients, prepared cases and appeared in court. The programme followed the case of one man, Beyonce Alam, as he awaited trial for defilement. The project represented Alam free of charge in the absence of any state-funded defence. King spoke to Edward Sekabanja, President of UCLF, the head of the Ugandan Prison Service, Dr Johnson Byabasaija and the Director of Public Prosecutions, Richard Butera about the impact of the project.
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