Several IAFT member organisations have expressed concern about the infringement of public and democratic freedoms by the French government during the COVID 19 crisis. A number of international human rights bodies have also expressed concern, such as the UN Human Rights Council, chaired in 2021 by Mrs Nazhat Shameen Khan Read more…
Argentina, 22 February 2021 Dear Friends: First of all, we would like to salute the organizations that are fighting for secularism in Argentina. We invite you (groups with or without legal status) to join OLA (Organizaciones Laicistas Argentinas) whose objective is to articulate actions aimed at demanding equal treatment of Read more…
Extract from the letter of ALIPHID (member of AILP) “The Lebanese Association of Philosophy of Law (ALIPHID), member of AILP, thanks the activists and leaders of the National Federation of the Free Thought (France) for the 800€ they have raised by subscription and sent us. Indeed, without this money, we Read more…
The publication of the list of immatriculated goods by the Catholic Church, between 1998 and 2015, as a result of a legal breach that has allowed the registration in the name of the Catholic Church of the historical heritage of religious origin has been accompanied by a shameful government report Read more…
by Keith Porteous Wood President of the National Secular Society (NSS) and spoke-person of the International Association of Freethought Fri, 05 Feb 2021 The misery which women and children faced for decades highlights the damage that can be done when states leave religious authority unchecked, says NSS president Keith Porteous Read more…
By Keith Porteous Wood, spokesperson of l’Association Internationale de la Libre Pensée, and president of the National Secular Society (of the United Kingdom) December 2020 Last month, the Pope’s former Ambassador to France, ex-Papal Nuncio Luigi Ventura, was tried for sexually assaulting five young men, including a Paris City Hall Read more…
One step forward… Sudan: towards a secular State. A popular revolution born in December 2018 brought an end to a military-religious dictatorship that began after a coup in 1989. Dictatorship had forbidden political parties and trade unions, established an awful dictatorship, delivered the already particularly poor country to internal and Read more…
Speech of the French Free Thought on the occasion of the rallies of the International Day of Free Thought of 20 September 2020 Dear friends, dear comrades, Today is the International Day of Free Thought. I remind you that this initiative was taken at the second international congress of the Read more…
The breach of secularism is 150 years old By Maria Mantello For the anniversary of September 20, I am still thinking of the great mayor of Rome, Ernesto Nathan, who clearly marked the progressive turning point in history through the Breach of Porta Pia. In his address to the Capitol Read more…
Modern Day Crusaders is a well-researched exposition of well-funded religious extremists who seek to undermine basic rights, especially for women and LGBTI people. It was written this year and is revealing and unsettling. Unfortunately, it is only available in English. Keith Porteous Wood (NSS – IAFT/IAFT spokesperson)