Humanists UK

February 10, 2020

Scrapping right to withdraw from RE 'may undermine human rights law'

The Welsh Government’s decision to remove the parental right to withdraw children from religious education lessons threatens to jeopardise the freedom of religion or belief and could lead to legitimate legal challenges, according to an expert in human rights law.
January 17, 2020

Prayers prevent access to seating in Commons, says Parliamentary Humanist Group Chair

MPs who attend prayers are then able to put a ‘prayer card’ in a seat to reserve it for the rest of the day.
December 23, 2019

Automatic seats for bishops in Lords would be scrapped under new bill

The bill proposes to remove the automatic right of 26 Church of England bishops to sit and vote in the House of Lords.
November 27, 2019

Court imposes permanent ban on anti-LGBT protesters at Birmingham school

The High Court in Birmingham has ruled that a temporary injunction placing an ‘exclusion zone’ around Anderton Park Primary School should be made permanent.
November 5, 2019

Inclusive school assemblies hub launched to replace collective worship

Assemblies for All offers more than 200 inclusive assemblies for Key Stages 1 to 5 across 30 diverse themes, none of which promote one particular religion or belief, making them suitable for all pupils regardless of their religious or non-religious background.
November 1, 2019

New research 'busts faith school academic excellence myth'

Researchers find religious schools’ performance scores reduce substantially once the background of their pupils is taken into account.
September 2, 2019

Allegations of bias against apostates by asylum case translators

Humanists UK is concerned that non-religious people claiming asylum in the UK might encounter prejudice when accessing language services at the Home Office.
June 28, 2019

Concern over proposed new rules against blasphemy in advertising

The Committee of Advertising Practice is proposing to expand its ban on ‘offensive’ advertising, including adverts deemed religiously offensive, in its two codes.
June 22, 2019

Blasphemy law to be abolished in Greece under new criminal code

The crime of blasphemy will be abolished in Greece from 1 July 2019 under changes to the country’s criminal code, in what is being hailed as a huge step forward for the global campaign to end blasphemy laws.
June 12, 2019

New exclusion zone at Anderton Park Primary School welcomed

Humanists UK has welcomed the introduction of a new exclusion zone at Anderton Park Primary School which bans anti-LGBT protestors from taking part in or coordinating protests in an area around the school.