WUNRN
APOSTASY - BLASPHEMY - WOMEN -
GLOBAL REPORT ON FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, RELIGION, BELIEF
Direct Link to Full 244-Page 2013
Report:
RISKS OF SEVERE DISCRIMINATION - As
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‘Apostasy’ or conversion from a specific religion is
outlawed and punishable by death•
‘Blasphemy’ or criticism of religion is outlawed and
punishable by death
"Freedom of thought and
belief must not be compromised. When regimes violently attack people fortheir
ideas and beliefs, all human rights suffer.... In spite of international
treaties and conventions, many states discriminate in subtler but important
ways. And this has a global impact. Laws against "insulting" religion
in relatively secure, relatively secular countries, for example, are not only
analogues of the most vicious blasphemy laws anywhere in the world, but help to
sustain the global norm under which thought is policed and punished."...— Kacem El
Ghazzali — Alber Saber - Kacem and
Alber are both victims of anti-blasphemy laws and their cases are featured in
this report under Morocco and Egypt respectively.
