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Maryam Namazie and Afsana Lachaux, Joint Winners of 2019 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize

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On November 12, 2019
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Maryam Namazie and Afsana Lachaux were joint winners of the 2019 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize for their campaigning work in support of women under Sharia laws. The award recognised the links with Sharia and religious laws and violence against women. Afsana Lachaux has spent the past five years campaigning for women’s access to justice. After […]

Maryam Namazie on the freedom to choose.

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On October 16, 2019
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By Souwie I met Maryam Namazie at the Celebrating Dissent festival in Amsterdam recently. As co-organiser of this unique gathering, it soon became clear that Maryam was seen by many of the participants as something of a mentor, even a mother figure. A veteran campaigner for human, especially women’s rights, Maryam, now 53, speaks with the eloquence […]

2019 Shortlist Announced, Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize, 3 October 2019

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On October 3, 2019
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2019 Shortlist Announced, Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize, 3 October 2019 We have a fantastic shortlist for the inaugural joint Emma Humphreys and Centre for Women’s Justice awards. Please join us in congratulating all our nominees: Afsana Lachaux has spent the past five years campaigning for women’s access to justice. After having to flee Dubai, and whilst […]

Stand with the witches, heretics and blasphemers, sister-hood Interview with Maryam Namazie

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On September 18, 2019
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Interview with Maryam Namazie, sister-hood Part 1: 10 September 2019 Part 2: 18 September 2019 Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and activist. She is the Spokesperson for Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation, One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. She hosts a weekly television programme in Persian and English […]

De Balie #CelebratingDissent Festival was an Astounding Success

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On September 16, 2019
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The epic ‘Celebrating Dissent’ Festival took place between 30 August -1 September in Amsterdam, a collaboration between the prestigious art and debate institute De Balie and Maryam Namazie. Consisting of a mixture of intense, probing conversations, comedy, art, poetry and dance performances, films, lectures and protest, the weekend was an education in the issues facing […]

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Maryam Namazie and Afsana Lachaux, Joint Winners of 2019 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize

Maryam Namazie on the freedom to choose.

2019 Shortlist Announced, Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize, 3 October 2019

Stand with the witches, heretics and blasphemers, sister-hood Interview with Maryam Namazie

De Balie #CelebratingDissent Festival was an Astounding Success

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Celebrating Dissent: Interview Marathon part 1: Maryam Namazie

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De Balie Freedom Lecture: Secularism is My Right; Freedom is My Culture

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Secularism: Our lives depend on it, Acceptance Speech for 2016 Laicite Prix

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Islam’s Non Believers, Deeyah Khan’s Film

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