Posted: Thu, 02 Jun 2016
Tech companies including Facebook and Twitter have signed up to a new European Commission plan designed to clampdown on online "hate speech." Read More »
Posted: Fri, 26 Feb 2021
The NSS has urged Scotland's justice minister not to dilute protection for free speech on religion in the current hate crime bill.
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2021
A substantial new analysis of academic research has highlighted significant weaknesses in the arguments for state-funded faith schools.
Posted: Fri, 19 Feb 2021
Parents in Somerset could lose a community school as a result of special provisions which protect faith-based schooling.
Posted: Fri, 19 Feb 2021
Education around forced marriage should be included in mandatory RSE, including in independent faith schools, campaigners have said.
Posted: Thu, 18 Feb 2021
New proposals could substantially weaken the protection for free speech on religion in the Scottish government's current hate crime bill....
As the Scottish government confirms funding for a new joint campus between a non-denominational school and a Catholic one, Neil Barber says ministers should instead seek a unified, secular education system....
Posted: Wed, 03 Mar 2021
Alastair Lichten says a review of education provision in Northern Ireland must be willing to challenge entrenched religious interests to deliver on ambitions for a more efficient and inclusive system....
Posted: Thu, 25 Feb 2021
A comprehensive new bank of academic research shows how shaky the main arguments for faith schools are, say its authors Steven Kettell and Rebecca Vernon.
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2021
The misery which women and children faced for decades highlights the damage that can be done when states leave religious authority unchecked, says NSS president Keith Porteous Wood.
Posted: Fri, 05 Feb 2021
Theocratic demands for censorship in India and Pakistan reflect attempts to grab power which undermine everyone's religious freedom, says Megan Manson.
Posted: Tue, 02 Feb 2021