European Court of Justice ruling on headscarves causes confusion
A judgement by the Court of Justice in Europe caused widespread confusion yesterday, amid claims that it was issuing or…
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Atheist blogger on trial in Russia for playing Pokémon Go in church
Ruslan Sokolovsky could face up to seven and a half years in jail, if he is convicted of “inciting religious…
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Prosecutors in Denmark charge man with ‘blasphemy’
Denmark is reactivating it’s ‘blasphemy’ law, for the first time in 46 years, charging a man for posting a video of himself…
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Banned from Iranian national chess team, Dorsa and Borna are “true champions” says IHEU
Two young chess champions have been banned from representing the national team of their home country, Iran. Dorsa Derakhshani was…
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Academic hacked to death in Bangladesh
Early this morning (Saturday 23 April) a university lecturer was hacked to death in Bangladesh. Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique was a teacher…
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Tutul: the Survivor – An interview with the target of a Bangladesh machete attack
Following the murder of four atheist bloggers in Bangladesh throughout 2015, on October 31 two secular publishers were hit in a coordinated attack. At Jagriti…
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“Tense Times”: Freedom of Expression and Religion or Belief at the UN
IHEU director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, reflects on the relationship between the rights to expression and religion or belief and…
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A Woman in Ghana Today
Roslyn Mould, YouthSpeak March Growing up in Ghana, life can be hard without the right level of education, social ties…
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Youthspeak International Women’s day: A message from IHEYO Asian Working Group Chairperson
Warde Kardaal, YouthSpeak March Gender diversity in organizations is often discussed in terms of the benefits it brings to the…
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My Intersex Story
Jonny Violette Skye Boys In this article I will be critical of the medical establishment. It is not meant to…
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Psychiatric detention and charges against atheist show “Soviet era abuse of psychiatry, apparently alive and well in Russia today”
An atheist in Russia, Viktor Krasnov (38) faces the threat of jail time for saying online that, “There is no god”…
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