Category: World

Tear Gas and Arrests Follow Turkish Women’s Rights Protests

March 6, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
On March 4, Turkish protesters were on the streets of Ankara, Turkey, for the advancement of women’s rights and were met with arrests and tear gas. At a gathering ahead of International Women’s Day, which is on March 8, the marchers ignored calls to disperse their protests. This was not taken well by the riot […] Read more

Male Circumcision Violates Human Rights

March 5, 2018 | by | 9 Comments
Male circumcision, widely regarded as harmless, still violates the bodily autonomy of children and carries many medical risks. Ahead of a vote in the Icelandic parliament, a bill to outlaw male circumcision has ignited controversy across Europe, with conservative religious figures – Jewish, Islamic and Christian faith leaders among them – rallying together in common […] Read more

French Embassy in Burkina Faso attacked by jihadist terrorists

March 4, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
A terrorist attack on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso on Friday, March 3, believed to be targeting the anti-terror force G5-Sahel has killed dozens. A jihadist terror attack on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso claimed dozens of lives on Friday, March 3. There were two attacks, with one on the French Embassy in […] Read more

Tunisian Freethinkers are Under Attack

March 1, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
Tunisian Islamist extremists are threatening and attacking freethinkers, a sign of increasing violence in Tunisia following the 2011 revolution. Last week, Tunisian citizen Nacer Amari, a member of an organisation called Tunisian Freethinkers, announced on Facebook that the president of the organisation had been stabbed and assaulted by Islamic extremists outside a bar in Tunis. […] Read more

Andrew Copson: Humanism and Secularism in Modern Society

February 28, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK and President of IHEU, talks to Conatus News about humanism and secularism in modern society. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I wanted to talk about humanism: the hows and whys, the theoretical and practical. To begin, what is humanism properly defined in its most general sense? Andrew Copson: In English, […] Read more

Comparisons Between Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision are False and Dangerous

February 26, 2018 | by | 28 Comments
By: Dr Zuhdi Jasser, Dr Waqas Khan, and Dr Shaaz Mahboob, in partnership with America Matters The comparison between Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and male circumcision on a medical basis is false and endangers women who are subjected to it. Introduction The April 2017 federal indictment of multiple Muslim physicians for the crime of female […] Read more

The Untapped Potential of Psychedelics in Mental Health Treatment

February 23, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
Offering breakthroughs across the board in Mental Health treatment, state-prohibited Psychedelics may yet be of paramount importance. In 2017, mainstream media outlets like the BBC, The Economist, and VICE started taking notice of ‘Micro-dosing’, an emerging practice of consuming small quantities of psychedelics as a part of a regular lifestyle. Not to be conflated with […] Read more