Michael Nugent

Michael Nugent

30 July 2023

Secular Sunday #605 – Problems with the hate speech bill

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23 July 2023

Secular Sunday #604 – Secular schools would treat everyone equally

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1 July 2023

Why publicly funded schools are ‘organs of the state’ under human rights law

Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to to The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission on the Draft Code of Practice on the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty. 4. The purpose of the draft code is to reflect the relevant law and...

27 September 2016

Holy See responds to Atheist Ireland at OSCE in Warsaw about religious-run schools

The Holy See today responded to Atheist Ireland’s contribution at the OSCE on religious discrimination in Irish schools. We will have a full analysis later, including how the Holy See’s response contrasts with its submission to the UN Committee on the rights of the Child,...

4 July 2016

Atheist Ireland supports campaign for UK Government to investigate Sharia bodies

Atheist Ireland is among many women’s rights organisations and campaigners from Britain and internationally who have today submitted a letter to the United Kingdom Home Secretary raising serious concerns about the UK Government’s ‘independent review’ into Sharia courts in Britain. The letter states that the...

4 May 2016

Please ask independent TDs to raise religious discrimination with Fine Gael

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have now published their arrangement for Fianna Fail supporting a Fine Gael led minority government. This arrangement does not mention human rights breaches such as religious discrimination in the education system and the need for secular schools, the blasphemy law,...

3 May 2016

UN to ask Ireland about secular education and blasphemy law, following lobbying by Atheist Ireland

The UN will ask Ireland next week about secular education and our blasphemy law, matching recommendations that Atheist Ireland successfully lobbied for in our meetings in Geneva last month. For the first time, Ireland will be specifically asked about replacing the school patronage system with...

30 September 2015

Atheist Ireland tells OSCE meeting in Warsaw of religious discrimination against atheists and minority faiths

Atheist Ireland made two formal contributions to today’s OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw, highlighting religious discrimination against atheists and members of minority faiths in Ireland and throughout the OSCE. Jane Donnelly spoke on discrimination in the Irish education system, and Michael Nugent spoke on...

29 September 2015

Atheist Ireland in Warsaw this week for OSCE human rights conference

Atheist Ireland is in Poland this week, highlighting the religious discrimination against atheists and members of minority faiths throughout the OSCE, and particularly in Ireland. The event is the annual human rights conference organised by the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), which...

2 April 2015

Atheist Ireland talks to Danish students about secularism, abortion, marriage equality

Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly recently met a group of Danish students who were in Ireland to study secularism, marriage equality and abortion.

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