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Posted: Fri, 29 May 2020
Push government on caste discrimination, NSS tells UN rapporteur
The NSS has urged the UN special rapporteur on minority issues to push the government to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of 'caste'....
Posted: Thu, 21 May 2020
Schools won’t compromise on relationships education, rabbis tell PM
Seventeen rabbis have said Charedi Jewish schools won't compromise with government requirements to teach about same-sex couples.
Posted: Mon, 18 May 2020
Regulator opens inquiry into charity which has promoted extremism
The NSS has welcomed the Charity Commission's decision to open an inquiry into a charity over its funding for the channel Peace TV.
Posted: Wed, 13 May 2020
NSS supports plans to regulate unregistered schools
The NSS has expressed support for plans to regulate settings providing full-time education and define what a school is in England.
Posted: Wed, 13 May 2020
Review status of charity promoting ‘conversion therapy’, NSS says
The NSS has urged NI's charity regulator to review the status of an organisation which promotes "change oriented therapy" for gay people....
Opinion
Eye-opening evidence at a public inquiry has shown the dangers presented by unregistered schools. Richard Scorer, a lawyer at the inquiry, says the authorities mustn't leave children to languish in unsafe environments.
The state must act to protect children in unregistered faith schools
Posted: Thu, 28 May 2020
The Scottish government has published a bill that threatens to outlaw the expression of hateful ideas. But meanwhile religious groups who promote harmful ideology enjoy charitable status, says Megan Manson.
Scotland says it wants to clamp down on hate. But its charity law helps to promote it
Posted: Thu, 21 May 2020
As the NSS challenges the status of a Christian charity which pushes "change oriented therapy" for gay people, Megan Manson says charity law shouldn't help religious groups to engage in exploitative behaviour.
How charity law props up ‘gay conversion therapy’
Posted: Thu, 14 May 2020
A new offence of 'stirring up hatred' on religious grounds is too restrictive of free speech, says Chris Sloggett.
Scotland’s new hate speech law will be too censorious
Posted: Thu, 07 May 2020
After a select committee chair urged more leeway for a faith school which has long censored textbooks, Stephen Evans says politicians with responsibility for education should stop pandering to religious interests.
Why respect religious demands to keep pupils in the dark?
Posted: Tue, 28 Apr 2020