Inside the detention industry
Despite the growth of detention centres for refugees and migrants, they remain shrouded in secrecy. Two insiders speak out.
Human Rights & Ethics
Summer 2016 Issue Launch Party, 2 June
Join us to celebrate the launch of the Summer 2016 New Humanist
Faith in uncertainty: what early Christians believed about the afterlife
From the intellectual hotbed of late antiquity emerged some key Christian values – and some humanist ones too.
What history tells us about the refugee crisis
Europe’s failure to accommodate the refugees on its doorstep is more than a humanitarian crisis – it has disturbing historical roots.
We must support the Assisted Dying Bill
The Bill being debated by MPs on Friday is far from ideal, but it is the first glimmer of a more compassionate approach to personal choice.
The Church rejected me because I’m gay
Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch talks to Ralph Jones about how personal experience has shaped his ideas about sex and Christianity.
Why poverty isn’t inevitable
A new report by Oxfam heralds a sea change in attitudes towards inequality.
The death of Jimmy Mubenga
How the UK's legal system cast a black man beyond justice.
Saudi Arabia accuses international media of “politicising” human rights
The kingdom responds to criticism over harsh punishment of liberal blogger Raif Badawi.
Atheist bloggers are under attack in Bangladesh
The country's polarised politics provide fertile ground for extremism to grow.