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The MDU and Doctors in Distress partner to provide members with mental health and wellbeing support services

The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with independent charity Doctors in Distress to provide MDU members with access to health and wellbeing services to support positive mental health. The partnership, launched today (13th November) to coincide with World Kindness Day, focuses on two initiatives. The… Read more »

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Humanists UK backs bill for Church of England disestablishment

Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »

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Andrew Copson is chief executive of the British Humanist Association and first vice president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union
Comment: The world is silent while atheists are persecuted

On the International Human Rights Day, we should remember the victims of blasphemy laws which persecute atheists and non-believers. The Foreign Office should support the International Humanist and Ethical Union as it campaigners for greater attention from governments.