Atheist Ireland | June 2020

28/06/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #444 – A new government

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25/06/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Humanists at Risk Action Report 2020

Atheist Ireland is a member of Humanists International, who today published the Humanists at Risk Action Report 2020. It exposes discrimination against atheists, humanists, and nonreligious people in eight countries: Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. These States limit the rights to freedom of thought, conscience, ...

23/06/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Grania Spingies would have been fifty today

Grania Spingies, who died suddenly this month last year, would have been fifty today. She was a founding member and first secretary of Atheist Ireland, and a contributor to Jerry Coyne’s website Why Evolution is True. Grania was an intelligent and organised activist, a rational and effective communicator, and a ...

21/06/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #443 – Humanists at Risk 2020

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21/06/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Protect Humanists at Risk 2020

Many atheists and humanists across the world cannot live freely in accordance with their values. As well as campaigning politically in Ireland, Atheist Ireland campaigns as a member of Humanists International to protect people at risk of persecution around the world. When we led the successful campaign to remove the ...

16/06/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

How secular is the Programme for Government?

This is Atheist Ireland’s initial response to the proposed Programme for Government agreed jointly by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and the Green Party. While it is weak on explicit secular policies, some of its commitments would lead to secular specifics if they are implemented while respecting freedom of religion and ...

14/06/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #442 – Programme for Government

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07/06/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #441 – Pakistan still persecuting religious minorities

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07/06/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Pakistan still persecuting religious minorities

Pakistan is still persecuting atheists and religious minorities with blasphemy charges, often trumped up because of personal disputes, which can result in life imprisonment or the death penalty. Here are two current examples: an illiterate Christian couple facing death by hanging for allegedly sending a text message, whose appeal has ...