Denounce crimes of priests
Sexual Exploitation of Children by Religious Authorities in Australia
Babu Gogineni (IAFT spokesperson) interviews (2019) two Australians who were sexually abused by religious in their childhood
Denounce crimes of priests
Interview with Keith Porteous Wood on the abuses committed by Catholic religious around the world
Libre Pensée Française: Hello Keith. Could you introduce yourself? KPW : The National Secular Society was founded in 1866 and has always been internationally, as well as nationally, focussed. I became its CEO in 1996 and have been its President since retiring five years ago. We have six staff, led Read more…
International Conference in Paris 2023
Practical information for the international symposium on 7 and 8 April 2023
To all Please find attached the announcement and programme of the International Colloquium on 7 and 8 April 2023 in Paris (France) Ending the Concordats in Europe And the established and official religions And the earthly goods and benefits of the Churches! The Colloquium will take place Salle de spectacle Read more…
International Conference in Paris 2023
International Conference Paris – 7 & 8 April 2023
Ending the Concordats in Europe And the established and official religions And the earthly goods and benefits of the Churches! Faced with this unacceptable situation, the European Bureau for the Coordination of Freethought proposes an international colloquium that could be held on 7 and 8 April 2023 in Paris where Read more…
Miscellany
A letter from Antonio Vergara, IAFT Director and Spokesperson – Chile
Dear friend Christian: Yesterday, when I thought that everything was lost in order to put an end to the fascist Constitution of the Republic of Chile, created during the military dictatorship of Pinochet, the figures of the president of the Senate (Alvaro Elizalde, declared agnostic, member of the Socialist Party) Read more…
Separation between religions and States
Public Statement: International Day of Secularism and Freedom of Conscience
Today, December 9, is internationally known as the “Day of Secularism and Freedom of Conscience”. The law is thus celebrated which was promulgated in France in 1905, establishing secularism in the French country. Secularism is one of the backbones of democracy, along with freedom of conscience, freedom of thought and Read more…
Separation between religions and States
DECEMBER 9 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SECULARISM AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE – MANIFESTO 2022
This December 9 marks 117 years of the law that proclaimed in France the separation between Churches and State, and 91 since the approval of the Constitution of the Second Spanish Republic, the only unquestionably secular in the history of our country. Both events are the reason why on December Read more…
Separation between religions and States
For a secularity of freedom and emancipation
Paris, 8 December 2022 The LDH (League of Human Rights), the National Federation of Free Thought, the Secular Watch, Secular Solidarity and the Rationalist Union have not ceased to recall their attachment to the law of 9 December 1905, law of freedom and emancipation. Their opposition to any substantial change Read more…
Miscellany
Assisted dying: will the final freedom be legalised in France?
This article has been first published in FREETIHINKER Magazine La fin de vie: enfin une loi d’ultime liberté en France? France’s progress towards legalising assisted dying, by Jean-Luc Romero-Michel, Honorary President of the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity.(ADMD) In English & en français. Since the beginning of Read more…
Miscellany
Statement of the International Association of Free Thought
The International Association of Free Thought defends freedom of conscience and expression on all continents. It expresses its deep solidarity with any victim of religious repression. The attack on Salman Rushdie is a crime against freedom of conscience. Sentenced to death for criticising a religion, in this case Islam, the Read more…