The BBC covered the IHEU Freedom of Thought report this week, as part of a segment on prejudice against atheists in Egypt and around the world. Bob Churchill, editor of the 2013 report, introduces the video below. I was pleased to take part in a discussion on BBC World’s Impact […]

The 2013 edition of the Freedom of Thought report is hugely expanded. It now examines every country in the world for legal discrimination and human rights violations which specifically affect atheists, humanists and the non-religious. (The 2012 edition contained 60 countries.) You can download it here. In addition the 2013 edition […]

The concept of “blasphemy” remains a huge problem faced by atheists, other non-religious people, and religious minorities around the world. On the one hand, “blasphemy” is simply what you call it when someone is irreverent or insulting about religion. However, the word is deeply entwined with the idea of moral […]

The IHEU Freedom of Thought report focuses on “discrimination against Humanists, atheists and the non-religious”. But of course, the right to ‘freedom of religion or belief’ applies equally to the religious. So why the focus on non-religious people? As an international umbrella body, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) […]