Tags: Religious freedom

End religious groups’ self-regulation on safeguarding, inquiry told

Posted: Tue, 17 Mar 2020

A lawyer representing child abuse victims has called for an end to religious groups' self-regulation on safeguarding at a public inquiry. Read More »

Posted: Wed, 12 Feb 2020

Secularism and tolerance of individual rights have made societies more prosperous, educated and democratic, according to a major study. Read More »

Posted: Tue, 26 Mar 2019

The NSS has asked the Home Office to review its use of 'faith tests' in the handling of asylum applications. Read More »

Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2019

The NSS has criticised a ruling that a woman who was sacked for living with her boyfriend did not suffer religious discrimination. Read More »

Posted: Mon, 11 Feb 2019

A UN special rapporteur has urged the government to consider religious freedom more broadly as a review focuses on Christian persecution. Read More »

Posted: Wed, 16 Jan 2019

Cross-disciplinary medical ethicist Dr Brian D. Earp will address the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference on 'reclaiming religious freedom'. Read More »

Posted: Mon, 29 Oct 2018

Saudi Arabia has been named the worst country in the world to be an atheist in a report monitoring the treatment of the non-religious. Read More »

Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018

Australia's government looks set to allow religious schools which receive public funds to sack teachers for their sexuality nationwide. Read More »