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Acclaimed political journalist and author Ian Dunt has been appointed as the Chair of the newly established Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, following its merger with Humanists UK earlier this year. New Humanist, now in its 140th year of publication, became part of Humanists UK on 1 January this year in a merger that… Read more »
On Wednesday, a man is to stand trial after burning a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in London reportedly in protest of the President of Turkey. Humanists UK has warned that if the prosecution is successful, and if the case is reported, it will effectively re-establish the crime of blasphemy in England and Wales, 17… Read more »
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Home Office plans to criminalise the buying of sex from women “controlled for another person’s gain” will be officially unveiled today. The plans are ostensibly to stop human trafficking, but government sources privately admit around 90 per cent of transactions would be covered by the law. The only way a prostitute can now escape the… Read more »
Members of the British National party (BNP) are being bombarded with phone calls after a list naming them was published on the web. Party spokesperson Simon Darby told politics.co.uk hundreds of members were receiving phone calls “on an industrial basis” and accused trade union call centres of being responsible. He said the case was in… Read more »
