Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief

The Co-President of the European Parliamentary Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance has called for greater recognition of the rights…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is today among the founding partners heading a new, unified campaign for the abolition of “blasphemy”…

Humanist organizations have been among the chorus of human rights groups, activists, and governments internationally, calling for the release of persecuted…

It is reported that officials have carried out the first 50 lashes of a 1000-lashes sentence against Saudi liberal, Raif Badawi. The…

Twelve people including two police officers, three cartoonists, and seven journalists have been killed today, with at least 5 other victims in critical…

A writer in Mauritania has been sentenced to death for “apostasy”, putting the crime of leaving Islam on a par with the country’s…

Non-religious people are being targeted by “hate campaigns” in countries around the world, as a distinct minority group, the latest…

Arabs Without God is the first book to look at atheism in the contemporary Middle East. It examines why a…