2017-09-06: IAFT Press Release Assassination of Journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru (India) The famous Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh has been assassinated, shot dead on Tuesday 5th September 2017 by a gunman who appeared at her home in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka. Ms Gauri Lankesh, aged 55, was an important figure Read more…
Declaration of the Foundation Kazimierz Łyszczyński against the draft legislation banning abortion in Poland 2016-04-11 Nina Sankari, FKŁ Last Sunday, the 2016 Days of Atheism drew to a close in Warsaw. As part of that event, the Foundation Kazimierz Łyszczyński organized an international feminist conference. That meeting demonstrated that all Read more…
Declaration of the International Association of Free Thought against draft legislation banning abortion in Poland 2016-04-12 Responding to pressure from the Catholic Church, a draft law which would ban abortion in Poland has been tabled in Parliament with the support of the government. The current law allows termination of pregnancy Read more…
Press Release International Association of Free Thought Judicial stalking in the Holy See Our friends of the Federation of Free Thought “Giordano Bruno” (Italy) inform us of the following facts : two Italian journalists, Gianluigi Nuzzi, 46, and Emiliano Fittipaldi, 41, are charged with having used confidential documents of the Read more…
International Joint Statement To honor the thousands of soldiers executed by a firing squad “to set an example” during World War I. During the Great War of 1914-1918, that made millions of deaths on the battlefields and in the trenches, thousands of soldiers were executed by their own army. This barbaric crime was only perpetrated because Read more…
The International Association of Freethought defends, on all continents, freedom of conscience and expression. It shows its profound solidarity with all victims of religious repression. It appeals to public opinion in all countries to mobilize for the defense of freedom of expression. Pune, Kuala Lumpur, Delhi, Paris, Riyadh, Kolhapur, Copenhagen, Read more…
A Real International Solidarity of Free Thought On the very day after the barbarian and obnoxious attack against the journalists of Charlie Hebdo, the international association of Free Thought released the following statement: Solidarity, The International Association of Free Thought (IAFT), of which the French National Federation of Free Thought Read more…
From Europa Laica, Spanish member of the IAFT www.laicismo.org – europalaica@europalaica.org EUROPA LAICA CALLS FOR THE CITIZENRY TO BE CONSULTED IN ORDER TO DECIDE ON A CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS, AS OUR SECULAR PROGRAMME IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE OBSOLETE MONARCHIC STATUS OF THE HEAD OF STATE This morning, the government leader announced Read more…
Resolution of the Colloquium “Freedom of Conscience, Freedom for Science” Lille, 16th-17th May 2014 The participants of the colloquium “Freedom of conscience, freedom for science” at the Université de Lille 1 in Villeneuve d’Ascq, on the 16th and 17th of May 2014, observe that scientific research is confronted with difficulties Read more…
This document is also available as a PDF document. Declaration of the Polish Atheist Coalition on the Celebration of the Canonization of John-Paul II in Poland Sunday 27th April 2014 The association “Atheist Coalition” feels obliged to protest against the awarding of official status in Poland to the celebration of Read more…