Action Alert - Live / 23 June 2021 Following months of delays, Mubarak Bala is to have his day in court Abuja High Court to hear petition of Nigerian humanist, Mubarak Bala, on 14 July Read More
Action Alert - Live / 2 March 2021 Petition to relocate Mubarak Bala heard in court First hearing in legal challenge seeking transfer of Mubarak Bala to Abuja heard. Court adjourned until 20 April. Read More
Action Alert - Live / 2 February 2021 Legal team seek relocation of Mubarak Bala to neutral territory The legal team have filed a motion to have Mubarak moved to Abuja where he will be safer. Read More
Action Alert - Live / 21 December 2020 Mubarak Bala must be released, says Abuja High Court The ruling in which the judge declared Bala’s continuous incarceration as illegal and ordered his immediate release. Read More
Action Alert - Live / 10 December 2020 High Court hearing in the case of Mubarak Bala postponed High Court hearing in case of Mubarak Bala postponed to 21 December due to a case backlog. Read More
Action Alert - Live / 30 November 2020 Fears that Mubarak Bala will face a secret trial mount As Bala's legal team continues to face obstructions, fears mount that Mubarak Bala will be subjected to a trial in… Read More
Action Alert - Live / 1 October 2020 Stagnation in the case against Sri Lankan rationalist Shakthika Sathkumara Sri Lankan rationalist Shakthika Sathkumara remains in limbo while he awaits the decision of the Attorney General as to whether… Read More
Action Alert - Live / 4 August 2020 Bangladesh should drop spurious charges against blogger Asad Noor Noor has been charged with ‘spreading rumours’ and ‘defaming Islam’. Authorities in Bangladesh are threatening his family in retribution. Read More
Action Alert - Live / 25 July 2020 UN rights experts urge Nigeria to immediately release humanist accused of blasphemy UN experts have called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately release prominent humanist and rights defender Mubarak Bala Read More
Action Alert - Live / 21 July 2020 Sri Lankan rationalist summoned by police for questioning Indika Rathnayake summoned by police after a Buddhist monk accused him of propagating fictitious ideas about Buddha and Buddhism. Read More
Action Alert - Live / 15 July 2020 Case against Sri Lankan writer for hurting religious sentiments should be dropped Award-winning Sri Lankan writer, Shakthika Sathkumara, stands accused of having hurt the religious feelings of Buddhists and advocated hatred in… Read More