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January 3, 2024updated 05 Jan 2024 2:04pm

Editors reject extra protection in Code for Jews, Muslims and those with ADHD

Editors' Code of Practice Committee say ban on "generalised remarks" could harm free speech.

By Charlotte Tobitt

Leading editors have rejected new calls to extend the discrimination clause of the Editors’ Code of Practice to cover groups.

Campaigners and groups representing those with ADHD, Muslims, Jews, and gypsies and travellers were among those arguing that a change was needed to end prejudice in the press.

Currently Clause 12 (discrimination) of the Editors’ Code of Practice advises IPSO-regulated publications to “avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual’s race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or to any physical or mental illness or disability” and says reporters should only mention these characteristics at all if “genuinely relevant” to the story.

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