Imprisoned for blasphemy and apostasy: two cases
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 25th Session (3rd – 28th March 2014) Agenda Item 4: General Debate IMPRISONED…
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Mubarak Bala is free
WARNING: This article is from 2014, when Mubarak Bala was freed from the psychiatric ward where he was detained against…
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Nigerian man detained on psychiatric ward for “atheism”
A Nigerian man has been detained and medicated for over a week on a psychiatric ward in Kano state, Nigeria,…
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#TwitterTheocracy campaign after social network blocks “blasphemy” in Pakistan
Twitter recently agreed to block “blasphemous tweets” in Pakistan, thus becoming complicit in suppressing free speech, and in aiding Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.…
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“Humanism and secularism” are threat to Islam and the state, says Malaysian prime minister
The Prime Minister of Malaysia has labelled “humanism and secularism as well as liberalism” a dangerous threat to Islam and the state. He is…
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Saudi Arabia’s new law defines atheism as “terrorism”, bans all criticism of government
Humanist and secular organizations, as well as civil liberties and human rights groups around the world, have responded with outrage…
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IHEU laments Human Rights Council member states who imprison “blasphemers”
Several states in which convicted ‘blasphemers’ are currently in jail are also current members of the Human Rights Council. This…
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Humanists at the UN defend freedom of thought for the non-religious
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is taking part again this year at the United Nations Human Rights Council…
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“Kill the Witch” Miracle Crusade in Calabar
Leo Igwe writes on a new wave of witch hunting churches in Nigeria The world may not have seen the…
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IHEU Freedom of Thought report on BBC World
The BBC covered the IHEU Freedom of Thought report this week, as part of a segment on prejudice against atheists…
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UK atheist asylum case should “point the way for the world”
For the first time in the UK, an atheist has been granted asylum on the grounds that his non-religious views…
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