Victims of religious persecution

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…

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…

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…

Speaking as a representative attached to the IHEU delegation at the Human Rights Council, Kacem El Ghazzali told how he…

Humanists at the UN in Geneva have today called for the complete abolition of blasphemy laws as incompatible with "one of…

Atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other non-religious people are discriminated against around the world, with expression of their views is often…