Women stage global fast to pressure UK to bring Nazanin Zagari-Ratcliffe home. CEMB Spokesperson Maryam Namazie and FILIA CEO Lisa-Marie Taylor launched #Women4Nazanin Solidarity Action by starting a 24-hour fasting relay on 20 December. So…
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Soheil Arabi, an Iranian atheist initially sentenced to death in 2013 for ‘insulting the Prophet of Islam’ in Facebook posts, has been released after eight years in prison. He has been internally exiled for two…
At De Balie’s Freethinkers Festival in Amsterdam end October 2021, Maryam Namazie spoke on “Women in oppression: On the deep friendship between religion and patriarchy.” During the discussion, she said “Religion has to come with…
Dear Friend Hope you are well. Your urgent action and solidarity are requested. SOLIDARITY POSTCARDS TO SOHEIL ARABI AND HIS MOTHER Over 200 organisations and individuals have called for the release of an Iranian blogger…
German, Persian translations follow below Following a 15 October protest against Cologne City Council’s permit to mosques to broadcast the call to prayer or Azaan, Islamists have threatened Mina Ahadi with death. One such threat…