End Blasphemy Laws Today
On 30 September, International Blasphemy Day, #EndBlasphemyLaws #BlasphemyNotACrime #BlasphemyDay
A quarter of the world’s countries and territories (26%) have anti-blasphemy laws or policies, and more than one-in-ten (13%) countries have laws or policies penalizing apostasy.
According to Pew research, laws restricting apostasy and blasphemy are most common in the Middle East and North Africa, where 18 of the region’s 20 countries (90%) criminalize blasphemy and 14 (70%) criminalize apostasy. While apostasy laws exist in two other regions of the world – Asia-Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa – blasphemy laws can be found in all regions, including Europe (in 16% of countries) and the Americas (29%).
The 14 countries that have the death penalty for blasphemy are all countries with Islamic law: Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
66 countries have blasphemy laws: Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, Comoros, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Grenada, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. (It used to be 71 but Canada, Denmark, Greece, Malta and New Zealand have dropped blasphemy codes from their books recently.)
On 30 September, International Blasphemy Day, let’s stand with blasphemers across the globe.
Blasphemy is not a crime; it is an integral part of freedom of expression and conscience. #EndBlasphemyLaws #BlasphemyNotACrime #BlasphemyDay
https://tinyurl.com/y65xpvld
https://www.en-hrana.org/tag/sohail-arabi
#IAmSinaDehghan #Iran https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/iranian-man-sina-dehgham-death-sentence-insult-islam-muslim-line-messaging-app-arak-prison-amnesty-a7658466.html
Kurdish prisoner of conscience flogged 100 times for blasphemy
#iAmSaharEliasi #IAmMohammadNouri #Iran
https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/03/young-man-facing-death-for-insulting-islam-online-tricked-into-signing-confession/
#IAmShahabMurtadhaGhafouri #Kuwait
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/8/7/instagram-influencer-arrested-over-blasphemous-comedy-skit-in-kuwait
#IAmMohamedRusthumMujuthab #Maldives https://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/2019/09/demanding-the-unconditional-immediate-release-rusthumrussso/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35241608
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/11/pakistan-man-sentenced-to-death-for-blasphemy-on-facebook
https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2017/03/pakistani-twitter-users-call-for-hanging-of-blasphemer
#IAmShafqatEmmanuel #IAmShaguftaKausar #Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafqat_Emmanuel_and_Shagufta_Kausar_blasphemy_case
#IAmAhmedAl_Shamri #SaudiArabia
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-man-sentenced-death-atheism-ahmad-al-shamri-hafar-al-batin-appeal-denied-a7703161.html
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2019/06/raif-badawi-saudi-arabia/
#IAmMahmoudJamaAhmed_Hamdi #Somalia https://samaynta.com/index.php/2019/05/04/university-professor-in-somalia-sentenced-to-2-1-2-years-in-prison-for-facebook-post-arguing-that-praying-to-god-for-water-is-not-a-viable-tragedy-for-managing-drought/?fbclid=IwAR3CENO2Mf9aCqTLeW5ULAYnw2-5GUQrKiqzdotNNae2BoFbKef__Med-Co
https://pen-international.org/news/tunisia-blogger-denied-pardon
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