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BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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The UK is among over 100 countries signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions today, effectively outlawing the controversial weapons. The convention, agreed on in principle in Dublin earlier this year prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions. Foreign secretary David Miliband is in Oslo, Norway, to sign the convention that also commits… Read more »
