Freedom of expression

The authorities in Uzbekistan have been raiding homes and confiscating religious texts such as the Koran and the Bible. The…

  Bangladeshi atheist blogger Asif Mohiuddin has been in prison since 3 April for "hurting religious beliefs". The formal charges…

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…

The Russian parliament has unanimously passed an anti-gay "propaganda" law today, condemned by human rights groups around the world as…

Humanists at the United Nations have coordinated a series of speeches on human rights issues affecting atheists and those accused…

  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…