The Irish Convention on the Constitution will recommend that the anti-blasphemy law be repealed, but also seeks to replace it with a rule against “incitement to religious hatred” that secular activists warn could be worse.
Kuwaiti lawmakers want authorities to clamp down on Amnesty International for promoting tolerance opposing Kuwaiti plans to ban gay and transgender people from entering Kuwait claiming they are “against Islam” and want to “destroy humanity”
Fayhan Al Ghamdi is not eligible for the death penalty as fathers who murder children and husbands who kill their wives cannot be executed under Islamic law implemented in Saudi Arabia.
Citizens for Objective Public Education argues in its lawsuit that the Next Generation Science Standards promote atheism and therefore violate the separation of church and state.
This month, a Bombay high court sided with an atheist teacher, forcing the school to award him his pay raise and summarily acknowledging his constitutional rights.
The move to make virginity testing of high school girl students in Indonesia mandatory has drawn flak from activists, arguing it as discrimination against women and violation of human rights.