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June 24, 2019

Religious thinker on trial for his life in Saudi Arabia, says Human Rights Watch

Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a reformist thinker on vague charges relating to his peaceful religious ideas, Human Rights Watch says.
May 24, 2019

Government announces review into religious persecution and LGBT asylum claims

The Government has commissioned a review into how the Home Office assesses asylum claims on the basis of religious, non-religious, or LGBT asylum.
December 12, 2018

Call for Home Office to protect rights of non-religious asylum seekers

Blasphemy or apostasy is punishable by death in 13 countries.
December 6, 2017

Mauritania urged to reject draft 'apostasy' law

Mauritania's draft law would make the death penalty mandatory for the crime of 'insulting' or 'mocking' God, the Quran, or the Prophet Muhammad.
December 5, 2017

Call for government to do more to tackle discrimination against non-religious individuals

A new report from the International Humanist and Ethical Union, of which Humanists UK is a member,finds that 85 countries around the globe "exhibit severe discrimination against non-religious individuals", with several having seen humanists and atheists murdered for their beliefs over the past year.
December 22, 2010

Concern about two Iranian Christians charged with apostasy

Christian Solidarity Worldwide is concerned by reports that two Iranian pastors have been charged with apostasy, with one currently facing a death sentence.
February 20, 2008

Rights report on Egypt and apostasy

A recent report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (co-authored with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights) has highlighted continuing problems around apostasy and civil rights in Egypt.