Tags: Secularism 2019
Lawyer who defended Asia Bibi named Secularist of the Year
Posted: Sat, 18 May 2019
Saif ul Malook, a lawyer who defended a woman accused of blasphemy in Pakistan, has been named the NSS's Secularist of the Year. Read More »
Geoffrey Robertson QC to hand out NSS Secularist of the Year prize
Posted: Tue, 09 Apr 2019
Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC will hand out the Secularist of the Year prize at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
Animal welfare group to address NSS conference on religious freedom
Posted: Fri, 29 Mar 2019
Joyce D'Silva, of the group Compassion in World Farming, will address non-stun slaughter at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
Nick Cohen & Pragna Patel to address free speech at Secularism 2019
Posted: Wed, 13 Mar 2019
Nick Cohen and Pragna Patel will address the subject of freedom of expression at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
Dissenting Orthodox Jew Izzy Posen to speak at Secularism 2019
Posted: Wed, 20 Feb 2019
Izzy Posen, who dissented from his upbringing in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, will speak at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
Experts: persecuted Christians review should have broader focus
Posted: Mon, 11 Feb 2019
A United Nations special rapporteur has urged the government to take a broader view of religious freedom in response to a review focusing on Christian persecution.
In an open letter signatories including Dr Ahmed Shaheed, the UN's special rapporteur on freedom... Read More »
NSS launches podcast series exploring religious freedom
Posted: Wed, 30 Jan 2019
The National Secular Society is releasing a series of podcasts featuring interviews with leading activists and experts on secularism and religious freedom ahead of its Secularism 2019 conference.
Episode 1 featured National Secular Society CEO Stephen Evans... Read More »
Medical ethicist Brian Earp to speak at Secularism 2019
Posted: Wed, 16 Jan 2019
The National Secular Society is pleased to announce that cross-disciplinary medical ethicist Dr Brian D. Earp will address its Secularism 2019 conference on 'reclaiming religious freedom'.
Dr Earp, a research fellow at the University of Oxford and Yale University,... Read More »
NSS to host major conference on reclaiming religious freedom
Posted: Wed, 12 Sep 2018
The NSS will host a conference in May 2019 under the tagline 'reclaiming religious freedom', with prominent figures confirmed to speak. Read More »
