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Atheists disturbed over religious discrimination by NSW Government (Australia)

A Press Release by our affiliate, the Atheist Foundation of Australia: The NSW government has rejected the nomination of Sydney Atheists President, Steve Marton, to sit on its newly devised Faith Affa...

Narges Mohammadi: Anti-hijab activist in Iran is now a Nobel laureate

A courageous Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2023 for her relentless efforts in championing the cause of freedom and women’s rights in Iran....

Afghanistan’s two years under Taliban rule

The Taliban’s consolidation of power in Afghanistan has reached the two-year mark since their takeover following the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces after two decades of conflict. With minima...

­An accusation of blasphemy in Germany, again!

(Translation of our affiliates ZDE press release) On the first anniversary of the murder of the french teacher, Samuel Paty, on the 16th of October 2021, the Ex-Muslim A.M. carried out a demonstration...

Press release by NonReligious Citizens and Exmuslims of Kerala

PRESS RELEASE March 16th Declared as International Day for Exposing Islamophobia and Combating Muslimophobia An international online event hosted by the NonReligious Citizens (NRC) and Exmuslims of Ke...

UNHRC passed resolution condemning witchcraft and harmful religious practices – Contribution by our affiliate MANS

United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passes resolution condemning witchcraft and harmful religious practices – Contribution by Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samiti (MANS) After six years of...

Census 21 in Australia: Mark ‘no religion’.

AAI supports the Census21: Not Religious? Mark ‘No Religion’ campaign in Australia. The Australian Census is coming up on Tuesday 10 August 2021, and it’s vitally important for atheists and all ...

Greek Court Recognises Atheism as Ground for Asylum

Ali (not his real name), was born to a Sunni Muslim family in Pakistan. He grew up a practicing Muslim but, in 2015, horrified and repulsed by the Taliban’s atrocities against innocents, he left Islam...

Two Iranians on Trial for Blasphemy

On April 23, the death sentence of two prisoners who are being held in Arak prison in Iran on the charge of Sab-Al-Nabi was announced. According to Islamic law in Iran, anyone who insults the Prophet ...

Burmese Monk Against Human Rights

In a shocking video sent to AAI by affiliate Burmese Atheists, a senior monk derides the protestors and their demands for human rights, particularly over gay marriage which he prays never happens in M...

The American Humanist Association Cancels Dawkins

The American Humanist Association Board has voted to withdraw the 1996 Humanist of the Year Award it bestowed on the respected evolutionary biologist and internationally renowned atheist, skeptic, and...

Iranian women protest the obligatory hijab

In early December 2017, Vida Movahed, known as ‘the Girl of Enghelab Street’ stood on a Junction box in Tehran’s Enghelab Street without a veil and lifted her white scarf to protest compulsory v...

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