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Iran : Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer was sentenced
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced to a total of 38 years in jail on March 11, 2019. Sotoudeh, 55, has been committed to the defense of Iranian women’s rights and freedoms, and an active campaigner against death penalty, for over two decades. While defending protesters against compulsory Read more…
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Joint Declaration on Free Thought (France) and the National Secular Society (United Kingdom)
Church Crimes and paedophilia: The Church must be accountable to the Justice of men!
A new week, A new Cardinal condemned. On 7th March, the highest official of the Catholic Church in France, the Archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin, was condemned for not reporting the repeated sexual abuses committed by priests on 70 minors. Philippe Barbarin was sentenced to six months in prison with a suspended sentence. He will appeal, but nevertheless indicated his resignation to the pope. (more…)
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Atheists, rationalists and humanists are seriously threatened in India…
A plea from the International Association of Free Thought The International Association of Free Thought defends freedom of conscience and expression on all continents. We express our deep solidarity with victims of religious repression and call on people of all nations to mobilize for the defense of freedom of expression. Read more…
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Note on the legal status of the fetus in Belgium.
Press release (February 15, 2019)
A law passed on December 13, 2018 by the Belgian Parliament, with the support of the Flemish nationalists, Christian Democrats, liberals and some of the ecologists, satisfies the clerical party to a very high degree. (more…)