Blasphemy laws

Asif Mohiuddin was imprisoned on 3 April for writing an openly atheist blog, which has been suspended under order by the Bangladesh…

New European Guidelines uphold the right to “ridicule” religion or belief, including on social media The rights of atheists and…

  Reports are emerging today of a crackdown on media in Uganda, with Monitor group newspapers and radio stations "besieged"…

  The French National Freethought Federation (FNLP), Fédération Nationale de la Libre Pensée, and the Rationalist Union, Union Rationaliste, have held…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU),  Atheist Alliance International (AAI) and the Center for Inquiry (CFI) are dismayed that…

March against "atheist bloggers" outnumbered Dhaka building collapse rally at least five times over Islamists threaten "siege" of Dhaka if…

Five schoolgirls in Indonesia have been charged with blasphemy ("defamation of religion") and face possible time in juvenile detention for…

The courts in Turkey have handed a suspended 10-month jail sentence to the country's most prominent classical composer on the…

There is a serious threat to freedom of thought, expression and political opinion in Bangladesh.  Atheist and freethinking voices are…

Islamist parties provided a "list" to the authorities detailing "atheist bloggers" Government promised to take action against the bloggers Several…

  In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Tuesday, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticised the Organisation…