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Resistance against surging executions in Iran continue. On 25 January 61 women political prisoners in Evin prison held a day-long hunger strike in condemnation of the surge in executions, including of a protestor arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution, Mohamad Ghobadlou. On 30 January, there was a national strike in Iranian Kurdistan against the…

Today is #WorldHijabDay #veiledinstrength #unveiledinstrength #no2hijabday See World Hijab Day, uno strumento di repressione può diventare simbolo di orgoglio? Sky Italy, 1 February 2024 Fighting religious intolerance is important, as is fighting intolerance against those who have no religion and are being killed for apostasy and blasphemy in countries under Islamic rule. But you cannot…

FRENCH BELOW For the first time in France, an international conference brought together defenders of Laicity from around the world on December 8 and 9, 2023 at Paris City Hall. The conference was co-organised by the Association Laïques Sans Frontières (LSF) and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB), in collaboration with the Comité Laïcité…

#Sing4Freedom  marked the one year anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini and the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran on Saturday 16th September, Piccadilly Circus, London The global fight for women’s rights and freedom took centre stage as prominent women’s rights organisation One Law For All and the feminist liberation charity…

You are invited to join the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) on International Apostasy Day to defend freedom of expression and the right to apostasy and blasphemy by subverting religious texts. Whilst we might not agree with burning Qurans and books (usually associated with a long history of state and religious censorship against dissent),…

CEMB Resident Artist Victoria Gugenheim has given a keynote address on Art and Freedom of Expression and shown an exhibition entitled Terror, Trauma, Transformation featuring CEMB’s activist work at the World Humanist Congress in Copenhagen during 3-6 August. ‘The Art of Resistance,’ a 30-minute documentary featuring Victoria and Maryam Namazie’s approach to freedom of expression…

On 1 July, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) marched at Pride in London to celebrate Liberation as Riot and defend the revolution in Iran that is challenging Islam and Islamism and defending Woman, Life, Freedom, LGBT rights, secularism and more. On this day, we also raged against the execution and murder of women, dissenters,…

The Islamic regime of Iran’s machinery of execution has never stopped since its inception. The wave of repression, killings and executions has intensified, especially in Baluchistan, Kurdistan and Khuzestan. The numbers of executed this month alone have been at least 142 people; so far this year, 307 people have been executed in Iran. Many more…

On 29 April, Women and girls came together to #Dance4Freedom in Piccadilly Circus in Solidarity with Woman, Life, Freedom Revolution in Iran on International Day of Dance. Women in Iran have long protested the Islamic regime of Iran’s suppression by dancing. We continue this tradition on International Dance Day with #Dance4Freedom in support of women…

The Royal College of Physicians in London was the scene of a stunning International Women’s Day, 8 March, evening in homage to the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Revolution in Iran. Photos of the event can be seen here. Maryam Namazie, the event organiser and One Law for All Spokesperson says: ‘On International Women’s Day, will pay…

One Law for All Spokesperson Maryam Namazie joins a coalition of female lawyers, judges, activists and other global leaders to name the atrocities against the women and girls of Iran and Afghanistan for what they are: Gender Apartheid. This effort is being led by legal experts who are pursuing a path to have Gender Apartheid recognised…