Watch Fariborz Pooya’s new weekly TV programme called Secular Society. In this week’s programme, he interviews Hamid Taqvaee on the role of state in a…
Call for the Immediate Release of Afghan Journalist Parwiz Kambakhsh
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) Appeal January 17, 2008 The criminals who are in power in Afghanistan have imprisoned Parwiz Kambakhsh, a…
Join a week of protest calling for the release of jailed students in Iran
During the past month-and-a-half a large number of university students have been arrested at universities or towns throughout Iran for the “crime” of defending human…
Religion and Schools
Maryam Namazie joins Richard Dawkins, Schools Select Committee chairman Barry Sheerman, and others on a debate regarding religion and schools on January 17, 2008 on…
Mina and Maryam are women of the year
From the National Secular Society’s Newsline Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie – leading lights in the ex-Muslim movement – have been voted among the top…
Help abolish balsphemy law
Parliamentary attempt to abolish blasphemy law From the National Secular Society We have been working closely with our Honorary Associate Dr Evan Harris MP, who…
Women of the Year
Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie have been selected as two of the top 45 women of the year by Elle Quebec (Canada) for their work…
On Benazir Bhutto
The below is a letter to the editor that was not published today by the Observer: When Benazir Bhutto’s father was executed by General Zia-ul-Haq,…
At least 50 and possibly hundreds of Ahwazi Arabs
According to an Amnesty International Urgent Action, on 30 December, at least 50 and possibly hundreds of men from Iran’s Ahwazi Arabs were arrested as…
Join 28 December demonstrations in solidarity with imprisoned students in Iran
More than two weeks ago 43 students and political activists across the cities of Iran were either abducted or were arrested before, during and after…