#YoussefMehrad and #SyedSadrullahFazlizare, two prisoners of conscience held in Arak prison, have been transferred to solitary confinement, per various reports. Both men have been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges (Sab al-Nabi: insulting the sacred). The sudden transfer of prisoners to solitary is a sign that they may be executed imminently, usually during the morning Azaan or call to prayers. A protest has been called in front of the prison before morning prayers on Friday 6 May to demand a cancellation of the executions. Ex-Muslims International is deeply concerned about the fate of th ..read more

Yazar Namazie: İran yol ayrımında, MA, 22 April 2023 ..read more

Maryam Namazie intervista Soheil Arabi, UAAR, 2 April 2023 ..read more

Apostasía, ¿y después qué? Cronica Libre, 26 March 2023 ..read more

Maryam Namazie and Susanna McIntyre on Woman’s Revolution in Iran, Atheists Assemble, Faithless Hijabi fundraiser, 25 March 2023 ..read more

Our spokesperson Jimmy Bangash appeared on BBC Radio 4’s “Anti Social” to discuss Blasphemy Laws and Free Speech. Have a Listen   https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jsr2?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile ..read more

‘Qurangate’ and Britain’s new blasphemy rules, The Spectator, 27 February 2023 ..read more

Soheil Arabi Message From Prison This File is the translation from the Farsi version based on almost one hour of sound files Soheil has sent from prison. Translated by the Central Committee of Ex-Muslims in Scandinavia. February 2023   Hello? I wished to become a poem, I wished to become a poem, the most beautiful and most important poem in history, a poem that will be read forever, a poem that overcomes the darkness, like the stars that overcome the darkness, a poem that conquers the world, transforms and evolves. I wished to become a poem, the most beautiful and ..read more

Doing the ayatollahs’ dirty work, Spiked, 21 February 2023 ..read more

Unveiled and Unbroken, Woman’s Revolution in Iran, Queer Majority, 18 February 2023   When Mahsa Amini was dragged off last year to undergo “re-education” for “improper” veiling, it was business as usual for Iran’s Islamic morality police, which harasses, imprisons, and brutalises thousands of women every year. But Amini wasn’t merely arrested and tortured. She was killed. Her murder became a watershed moment for the country. Mass protests broke out across Iran with shouts of the Kurdish slogan “Jin, Jîyan, Azadî” or “Woman, Life, Freedom”, a chant first heard in  ..read more