To read my first blog entry out of four starting today on the New Statesman Faith Column, click here. The first one is called: Losing…
Keep the pressure on: Kambakhsh has to be released immediately
Around 200 people marched to the United Nations office in Kabul on Thursday to protest the death sentence of 23-year-old Perwiz Kambakhsh, an Afghan reporter…
Atrocious acts of brutality must stop in Iran!
Open letter to: UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon President of the European Parliament, Mr. Hans-Ger Pöttering Amnesty International It is with deep sorrow that…
Upcoming Events
To find out more about upcoming events I will be speaking at, click here. In the next two weeks I will be at the following:…
Week of Action in support of jailed political prisoners
To international labour and human rights organisations Week of Action in support of jailed students and political prisoners in Iran (2–9 Feb 2008) The news…
New TV programme called Secular Society
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…