Human Rights
Humanists are celebrating a partial victory after the Department for Education announced it will keep restrictions on faith-based admissions criteria in new state-funded free schools in England – the so-called ‘50% cap’. However, Humanists UK, which led the campaign against these proposals, has said it is certain that new schools with 100% selective admissions policies will nevertheless… Read more »
MPs from the Labour Party, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Green Party have come together to back a new amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to allow those with neurodegenerative illnesses to access assisted dying when they have twelve months or fewer to live, rather than six, as currently stipulated in the… Read more »
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Thousands of failed asylum seekers are being forced to sleep rough and find food in dustbins, two charities have claimed. The Amnesty International and Refugee Action report, based on surveys with people whose final application has been rejected, finds many are sleeping in parks, public toilets and phone-boxes. This is a direct result of unfair… Read more »
The government has welcomed the decision to find Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity, even though it means he has been sentenced to death. The former Iraqi dictator has been sentenced to death by hanging, and although he and his co-defendants have the right to appeal – this is not expected to be successful…. Read more »
